Biology:Bathysauropsis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Bathysauropsis
Bathysauropsis gracilis (Black Lizardfish).gif
Black lizardfish, B. gracilis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Suborder: Chlorophthalmoidei
Family: Bathysauropsidae
Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002
Genus: Bathysauropsis
Regan, 1911

Bathysauropsis is the only genus in the lizard greeneye family, Bathysauropsidae.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Bathysauropsis gracilis (Günther, 1878) (black lizardfish)
  • Bathysauropsis malayanus (Fowler, 1938)

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q290483 entry