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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Marine Smelts
Family: Bathylagidae
Genus: Bathylagus
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, Faeroes and Shetlands to Portugal. Probably antitropical and present in other oceans. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ).

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