Biology:Bathylagus
Bathylagus is a genus of deep-sea smelts, some species of which are noted for having stylophthalmine larvae.
Species
The seven recognized, extant species in this genus are:[1]
- Bathylagus andriashevi Kobyliansky, 1986
- Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878 (Antarctic deepsea smelt)
- Bathylagus euryops Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (goiter blacksmelt)
- Bathylagus gracilis Lönnberg, 1905
- Bathylagus niger Kobyliansky, 2006[2]
- Bathylagus pacificus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (slender blacksmelt)
- Bathylagus tenuis Kobyliansky, 1986
The oldest fossil species in this genus known from skeletal remains are from the Miocene. These include Bathylagus angelensis, whose remains are widespread across Southern California (Monterey Formation and Modelo Formation), as well as B. sencta, B. obesa, and B. toyohamaensis from Japan. These specimens are all known from formations that were formerly deposited in deep-sea environments, before being dramatically uplifted to the surface by geological activity. However, tentative fossil otoliths are also known from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the United States.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bathylagus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Kobylyanskii (2006). "Bathylagus niger sp. nova (Bathylagidae) Salmoniformes, a new species from subpolar waters of the Southern Ocean.". Vopr Ikhtiol 46 (4): 438.
- ↑ Přikryl, Tomáš (2021-09-21). "KRUMVIRICHTHYS BRZOBOHATYI GEN. ET SP. NOV. – THE OLDEST RECORD OF THE DEEP-SEA SMELTS (BATHYLAGIDAE, ARGENTINIFORMES)" (in en). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 127 (3). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/16421. ISSN 2039-4942. https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/16421.
- ↑ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences. https://archive.org/details/occasionalpaper00calif/occasionalpaper00calif/.
External links
- "Bathylagus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162081.
Wikidata ☰ Q2001280 entry
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