Ipnopidae

spiderfish

Bathypterois dubius

A solitary deep fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean

• Northern Hemisphere
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Elongated
• Medium

Bathypterois dubius, the Mediterranean spiderfish, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and northwest Atlantic. It reaches a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL. Like other species in its family, the Mediterranean spiderfish is hermaphroditic. It is solitary in nature and feeds on mysids and copepods.