Deep-sea smelt

Deep-sea smelt
Deep-sea smelts
Goiter blacksmelt, Bathylagus euryops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Bathylagidae
Genera

Bathylagichthys
Bathylagoides
Bathylagus
Dolicholagus
Leuroglossus
Lipolagus
Melanolagus
Pseudobathylagus
See text for species.

The deep-sea smelts are a family, Bathylagidae, of osmeriform fishes.

They are marine fishes found in deep waters throughout the oceans, down to 1,500 m in depth. They are small fishes, growing up to 25 cm long. They feed on plankton, especially krill.

Species

There are 23 species in eight genera:

  • Genus Bathylagichthys
    • Bathylagichthys australis Kobyliansky, 1990.
    • Bathylagichthys longipinnis (Kobyliansky, 1985).
    • Bathylagichthys parini Kobyliansky, 1990.
    • Bathylagichthys problematicus (Lloris & Rucabado, 1985).
  • Genus Bathylagoides
    • Bathylagoides argyrogaster (Norman, 1930).
  • Genus Bathylagus
    • Bathylagus andriashevi Kobyliansky, 1986.
    • Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878.
    • Bathylagus borealis Gilbert, 1896.
    • Bathylagus callorhini (Lucas, 1899).
    • Goiter blacksmelt, Bathylagus euryops Goode & Bean, 1896.
    • Bathylagus gracilis Lönnberg, 1905.
    • Bathylagus greyae Cohen, 1958.
    • Bathylagus niger Kobylyanskii 2006.[1]
    • Blackchin blacksmelt, Bathylagus nigrigenys Parr, 1931.
    • Slender blacksmelt, Bathylagus pacificus Gilbert, 1890.
    • California smoothtongue, Bathylagus stilbius (Gilbert, 1890).
    • Bathylagus tenuis Kobyliansky, 1986.
    • Snubnose blacksmelt, Bathylagus wesethi Bolin, 1938.
  • Genus Dolicholagus
    • Longsnout blacksmelt, Dolicholagus longirostris (Maul, 1948).
  • Genus Leuroglossus
  • Genus Lipolagus
    • Eared blacksmelt, Lipolagus ochotensis (Schmidt, 1938).
  • Genus Melanolagus
    • Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929).
  • Genus Pseudobathylagus
    • Stout blacksmelt, Pseudobathylagus milleri (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898).

References

  1. ^ Kobylyanskii (2006). "Bathylagus niger sp. nova (Bathylagidae) Salmoniformes, a new species from subpolar waters of the Southern Ocean.". Vopr Ikhtiol 46 (4): 438. 

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