Pseudobathylagus
Pseudobathylagus milleri, the stout blacksmelt, also called the owlfish due to its large eyes relative to its body, is a species of deep-sea smelt native to the north Pacific Ocean where it is found to depths of 6,600 m (21,700 ft). This species grows to a length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in).
| Pseudobathylagus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Bathylagidae |
| Genus: | Pseudobathylagus Kobyliansky, 1986 |
| Species: | P. milleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobathylagus milleri (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1898) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Pseudobathylagus milleri" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
External links
- Video of a squid subduing and killing an owlfish from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.