Bathylaco

Bathylaco
Bathylaco nigricans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae
Genus:	Bathylaco Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
Type species
Bathylaco nigricans Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896[1]
Synonyms[1]
Macromastax Beebe, 1933

Bathylaco is a genus of slickheads found in deep oceanic waters.[2] It is one of nineteen genera in the family Alepocephalidae.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

• Bathylaco macrophthalmus J. G. Nielsen & Larsen, 1968
• Bathylaco nielseni Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980
• Bathylaco nigricans Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Black warrior)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Alepocephalidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathylaco". FishBase. October 2013 version.