Bathysauroides
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Bathysauroides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Cyclosquamata |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Family: | Bathysauroididae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 |
Genus: | Bathysauroides Baldwin & Johnson, 1996 |
Species: | B. gigas
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Binomial name | |
Bathysauroides gigas (Kamohara, 1952)
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Bathysauroides gigas, the pale deepsea lizardfish, is the only species in the family Bathysauroididae. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean where it is so far only known from the waters around Japan and Australia. This species grows to 29 cm (11 in) in standard length.[2]
References
- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Robertson, R.; Matson, C.; Rivera Higueras, M. (2019). "Bathysauroides gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T123321868A123322287. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T123321868A123322287.en. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "FAO Species Identification Guide For Fishery Purposes - The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae)". www.fao.org. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
Further reading
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Bathysauroides gigas" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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