Bathyphylax

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: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Triacanthodidae
Genus: Bathyphylax
Species (3): B. bombifrons – B. omen – B. pruvosti
Name

Bathyphylax Myers, 1934: 10

Type species: Bathyphylax bombifrons Myers, 1934, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references

Myers, G.S. 1934. Three new deep-water fishes from the West Indies. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 91(9): 1–12, pl. 1.

Bathyphylax is a genus of spikefishes native to the deep waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

Bathyphylax bombifrons G. S. Myers, 1934 (Boomer spikefish)
Bathyphylax omen J. C. Tyler, 1966
Bathyphylax pruvosti Santini, 2006

References

Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.Bathyphylax is a genus of spikefishes native to the deep waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.