Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Aulopiformes > Family Ipnopidae > Genus Bathypterois

Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathypterois*	Günther, 1878	accepted genus name
*Benthosaurus*	Goode & Bean, 1886	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Turkish: orumcek baligi

Literature

original description	Bauchot, M.-L. (1962). Description d'un nouveau Bathypterois méditerranéen (poisson clupéiforme de la famille des Bathypteroidae). Affinités et remarques sur plusieurs espèces du genre. Vie et Milieu. 13 (fasc. 4): 613-647, 1 tab.
basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:299942