Bathytroctes
| Bathytroctes | |
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| Koefoed's smooth-head (Bathytroctes macrolepis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Bathytroctes Günther, 1878 |
Bathytroctes is a genus of slickheads that occur in the depths of the oceans.
Species
[edit]There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Bathytroctes breviceps Sazonov, 1999
- Bathytroctes elegans Sazonov & 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathytroctes". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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