Bathytyphlops

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
Section: Aulopa
Ordo: Aulopiformes
Subordo: Chlorophthalmoidei

Familia: Ipnopidae
Genus: Bathytyphlops
Species: B. marionae – B. sewelli
Name

Bathytyphlops Nybelin, 1957
Synonyms

Macristiella Berry & Robins, 1967
References

Nybelin, O. (1957) Deep-sea bottom fishes. Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition, 1947-1948 v. 2 (Zool.)(no. 20): 247–345.
Bathytyphlops – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Berry, F. H. & C. R. Robins (1967) Macristiella perlucens, a new clupeiform fish from the Gulf of Mexico. Copeia 1967 (no. 1): 46–50.

Bathytyphlops is a genus of deepsea tripod fishes known only from the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Species

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

Bathytyphlops marionae Mead, 1958 (Marion's spiderfish)
Bathytyphlops sewelli (Norman, 1939)

References

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