Bathylaco is a genus of slickheads found in deep oceanic waters.[1] It is one of nineteen genera in the family Alepocephalidae.
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| Bathylaco nigricans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Bathylaco Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Bathylaco nigricans Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
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Species edit
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Bathylaco macrophthalmus J. G. Nielsen & Larsen, 1968
- Bathylaco nielseni Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980
- Bathylaco nigricans Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Black warrior)
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Bathylaco in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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