Bathylagus pacificus

Alternate names: Pacific blacksmelt, slender blacksmelt

Author: Gilbert, 1890

Description

Size: Maximum length 25 cm.

General: Body slender and compressed; anal fin base long and about twice the length of dorsal fin base; eye diameter about twice snout length; upper end of gill slit reaching above midline of side of body.



Geographic Information

Habitat description: Bathypelagic.

Published depth range: 0 - 7700 m

Ocean range (global): North Pacific off the Pacific coast of northern Japan and the Bering Sea to the Gulf of Alaska southward to northern Baja California, Mexico.



Additional Information



References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Citation: Bathylagus pacificus (Gilbert, 1890) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Bathylagus%20pacificus. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-22.
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