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Bathylagus niger
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Ecological Illustration of Bathylagus niger (Bathylagus niger)
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Bathylagidae

Bathylagus niger

Bathylagus niger

Black midwater fish drifting in the Scotia Sea

  • Black
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Southern Ocean
  • West Asia
  • Elongated
  • Small

Bathylagus niger is known from Southern Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Marine Smelts
Family
Bathylagidae
Genus
Bathylagus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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