Bathylagidae

goiter blacksmelt

Bathylagus euryops

Dominating midwater life along the Mid Atlantic Ridge

• Black
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• North America
• Elongated
• Medium

The goiter blacksmelt (Bathylagus euryops) is a species of deep-sea smelt found in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the biomass-dominant pelagic fish over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge when the entire water column is fully considered. The water-column in which it resides is 500 to 3,237 m (1,640 to 10,620 ft) deep.