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GBIF·2401356speciesAnimalia16 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAulopiformes
  4. ›familyIpnopidae
  5. ›genusBathypterois
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Bathypterois insularum

Bathypterois insularum Alcock, 1892

Also calledbezočka arabská (ces) · Индийский батиптер (rus)

First described in: Alcock, A. W. (1892). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Lieut. G. S. Gunn, R. N., commanding.--Series II, No. 5. On the bathybial fishes collected during the season of 1891-92. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6).</em> 10 (59): 345-365, Pl. 18.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2401356.