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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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsmeriformes
- FamilyAlepocephalidae
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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)