Bathylagus euryops

Bathylagus euryops, Goiter Blacksmelt. Source: Goode & Bean 1896.
Bathylagus euryops, Goiter Blacksmelt. Source: Goode & Bean 1896.
FamilyScientific NameAuthorYearCommon Name
BathylagidaeBathylagus euryopsGoode & Bean1896Goiter Blacksmelt
Bathylagidae, Deepsea Smelts. Source_ FAO 2002.
Bathylagidae, Deepsea Smelts. Source_ FAO 2002.

Bathylagichthys euryops

Unique Characteristics: Body dark in color; scaled or with ragged, dark scale pockets. Eye large (8.8-13% of standard length). About 40 lateral-line scales. In adults, predorsal length usually reaches posterior tip of adipose fin when stepped back from dorsal-fin origin. mandibular pores not obvious.

Similar Species: None

Reference:

Goode, G.B. and T. H. Bean. 1896. Oceanic ichthyology. A treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the Steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin. Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Washington, DC. 927 pp.