Bathysauridae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 311

Family Bathysauridae

Bathysaurus ferox Günther, 1878 —Deep-sea lizardfish ( Fig. 13 )

1 specimen of 31 cm TL was caught at a depth of 1,685 m. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal, depth range 600–3,500 m, usually 1,000–2,500 m. Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Iceland to Guinea and also off South Africa. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Bathysaurus ferox.