Bathysauropsis
| Bathysauropsis | |
|---|---|
| Black lizardfish, B. gracilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Suborder: | Chlorophthalmoidei |
| Family: | Bathysauropsidae Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002 |
| Genus: | Bathysauropsis Regan, 1911 |
Bathysauropsis is the only genus in the lizard greeneye family, Bathysauropsidae, a group of deep-sea fishes.[1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Bathysauropsis gracilis (Günther, 1878) (black lizardfish)
- Bathysauropsis malayanus (Fowler, 1938)
References
Wikispecies has information related to Bathysauropsis.
- ^ Priede, I. G. (2017-08-10). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-08382-0.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathysauropsis". FishBase. April 2012 version.