Bathylagoides

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors/Superordo: Protacanthopterygii
Ordo: Argentiniformes
Subordo: Argentinoidei

Familia: Microstomatidae
Subfamilia: Bathylaginae
Genus: Bathylagoides
Species: B. argyrogaster – B. nigrigenys – B. wesethi
Name

Bathylagoides Whitley, 1951
References
Primary referencesAdditional references

Bathylagoides is a genus of deep-sea smelts.
Species

Three recognized species are in this genus:[1]

Bathylagoides argyrogaster (Norman, 1930) (silver deepsea smelt)
Bathylagoides greyae (A. E. Parr, 1931) (blackchin blacksmelt)
Bathylagoides wesethi (Bolin, 1938) (snubnose blacksmelt)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bathylagoides in FishBase. February 2012 version.