Attenuated Spider Fish
Bathypterois atricolor Alcock, 1896
Also calledItohikiiwashi (jpn) · bezočka černobarvá (ces) · Чёрный батиптер (rus) · イトヒキイワシ (jpn) · 小眼深海狗母魚 (zho) · 小眼深海青眼魚 (zho)
First described in: Alcock, A. W. (1896). Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding. Series II. No. 23. A supplementary list of the marine fishes of India, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 65 (pt 2, No. 3): 301-338.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
To 20.4 cm (8 in) SL (Cruz-Acevedo et al. 2017). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to southern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); northern Baja California (30 ° 46 ’ N, 116 ° 41 ’ W) (Cruz-Acevedo et al. 2017) to northern Chile (Sulak 1977). Depth: 153 – 5,150 m (502 – 16,892 ft) (min.: Robertson et al. 2017; max.: Sulak 1977).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
description
seas, but not North Atlantic. Bathydemersal, 250 – 5150 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM material (1 specimen, St. CP 4433 - 10, north of Kavieng). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2401372.