Source: FAO 2002.
| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Ipnopidae | Bathypterois bigelowi | Mead | 1958 | Spottail Tripodfish |
Bathypterois bigelowi
Unique Characteristics: Ground color of body white, occasionally irregularly mottled with pale red-violet, yellow, and blue; fresh specimens greenish. Each scale pocket provided with one or more dark pigment specks – developing on the dorsal half of the body into larger triangular or diamond-shaped pigment fields on each pocket. A large dark spot at the base of each lobe of the caudal fin. Fins generally colorless with traces of black, especially at the bases of the dorsal and anal fins and on central rays of the caudal fin. Branchial region, roof of the mouth, and lining of the abdominal cavity dark.
Similar Species: None
Reference
Sulak, K.J. 1977. The systematics and biology of Bathypterois (Pisces, Chlorophthalmidae) with a revised classification of benthic myctophiform fishes. Galathea Report. 14:49-108.