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Bathytroctes
Sign in to saveBathytroctes is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world..
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsmeriformes
- FamilyAlepocephalidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 66
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Collections
- KU, UF, TCWC, YPM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Bahama Islands, Windward Islands, Haiti, Trinidad And Tobago, Ireland, Nigeria
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Bathytroctes is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world..
==Species== There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: Bathytroctes breviceps Sazonov, 1999 Bathytroctes elegans Sazonov & A. N. Ivanov, 1979 Bathytroctes inspector Garman, 1899 Bathytroctes macrognathus Sazonov, 1999 Bathytroctes macrolepis Günther, 1887 (Koefoed's smooth-head) Bathytroctes michaelsarsi Koefoed, 1927 (Michael Sars' smooth-head) Bathytroctes microlepis Günther, 1878 (Smallscale smooth-head) Bathytroctes oligolepis (G. Krefft, 1970) Bathytroctes pappenheimi (Fowler, 1934) Bathytroctes squamosus Alcock, 1890 (Deepscale slickhead) Bathytroctes zugmayeri Fowler, 1934 (Zugmayer's slickhead)
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