Black lizardfish

Black lizardfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Bathysauropsidae
Genus: Bathysauropsis
Species:
B. gracilis
Binomial name
Bathysauropsis gracilis
(Günther, 1878)

The black lizardfish or deep-water greeneye (Bathysauropsis gracilis) is a grinner of the genus Bathysauropsis, found around the world in the southern oceans, at depths between 1,500 and 3,000 m. Its length is from 20 to 30 cm.


References[edit]

  • "Bathysauropsis gracilis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Bathysauropsis gracilis" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8