Bathypterois

Bathypterois
Mediterranean Spiderfish (B. dubius)
Tripodfish (B. grallator)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
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]

  • Bathypterois andriashevi Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1988
  • Bathypterois atricolor Alcock, 1896 (Attenuated spider fish)
  • Bathypterois bigelowi Mead, 1958
  • Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888 (Mediterranean spiderfish)
  • Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist, 1906
  • Bathypterois grallator (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886) (Tripod fish)
  • Bathypterois guentheri Alcock, 1889 (Tribute spiderfish)
  • Bathypterois insularum Alcock, 1892
  • Bathypterois longicauda Günther, 1878
  • Bathypterois longifilis Günther, 1878 (Feeler fish)
  • Bathypterois longipes Günther, 1878 (Abyssal spiderfish)
  • Bathypterois oddi Sulak, 1977
  • Bathypterois parini Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1988
  • Bathypterois pectinatus Mead, 1959
  • Bathypterois perceptor Sulak, 1977
  • Bathypterois phenax A. E. Parr, 1928 (Blackfin spiderfish)
  • Bathypterois quadrifilis Günther, 1878
  • Bathypterois ventralis Garman, 1899 (Ventrad spiderfish)
  • Bathypterois viridensis (Roule, 1916)

References

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.