Bathytroctes elegans is a species of slickheads (Alepocephalidae). It is found in the Western Indian Ocean.

Bathytroctes elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Bathytroctes
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Bathytroctes elegans
Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979[1]

References

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  1. ^ Sazonov, Y.I., 1999. On the revision of the genus Bathytroctes Günther (Alepocephalidae): a review of the abyssobenthopelagic forms (previously referred to the genus Nomoctes) with a description of two new species. J. Ichthyol., 39(9), pages 699-712
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