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Class: Teleostei
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Bathylagidae Deep-sea smelts

Genus: Bathylagus

(See list of species below)


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7 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathylagus andriashevi Southeast Atlantic. 1986
Bathylagus antarcticus Antarctic deepsea smelt South Atlantic, Indian an 19 SL 1878
Bathylagus euryops Goiter blacksmelt Eastern Atlantic 20 TL 1896
Bathylagus gracilis Southern Ocean 21.7 SL 1905
Bathylagus niger Southern Ocean 14.1 SL 2006
Bathylagus pacificus Slender blacksmelt Pacific 25 SL 1890
Bathylagus tenuis Southern Ocean 16 SL 1986



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