''Bathytroctes'' is a
genus
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of deepwater
marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the
family
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Alepocephalidae
Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from ...
, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world..
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Bathytroctes breviceps''
Sazonov, 1999
* ''
Bathytroctes elegans''
Sazonov & A. N. Ivanov, 1979
* ''
Bathytroctes inspector''
Garman, 1899
* ''
Bathytroctes macrognathus''
Sazonov, 1999
* ''
Bathytroctes macrolepis''
Günther, 1887 (Koefoed's smooth-head)
* ''
Bathytroctes michaelsarsi''
Koefoed, 1927 (Michael Sars' smooth-head)
* ''
Bathytroctes microlepis''
Günther, 1878 (Smallscale smooth-head)
* ''
Bathytroctes oligolepis''
( G. Krefft, 1970)
* ''
Bathytroctes pappenheimi''
( Fowler, 1934)
* ''
Bathytroctes squamosus''
Alcock, 1890 (Deepscale slickhead)
* ''
Bathytroctes zugmayeri''
Fowler, 1934 (Zugmayer's slickhead)
References
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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