Bathypterois

Bathypterois
Mediterranean Spiderfish (B. dubius)
Tripodfish (B. grallator)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Ipnopidae
Genus: Bathypterois
Günther, 1878

Bathypterois is a genus of deepsea tripod fishes.

Abyssal spiderfish, B. longipes
B. quadrifilis

Species

There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Bathypterois in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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