Bathytyphlops
Sign in to saveBathytyphlops is a genus of deepsea tripod fishes known only from the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAulopiformes
- FamilyIpnopidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Ipnopidae
- Collections
- MCZ, NHMUK, AM, NCSM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Palau, United States, Madagascar
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Bathytyphlops is a genus of deepsea tripod fishes known only from the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Bathytyphlops marionae Mead, 1958 (Marion's spiderfish) Bathytyphlops sewelli (Norman, 1939)
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