Ipnopidae

Black lizardfish

Bathysauropsis gracilis

A dark fish of deep southern oceans worldwide

• Black
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Medium

The black lizardfish or deep-water greeneye (Bathysauropsis gracilis) is a grinner of the genus Bathysauropsis, found around the world in the southern oceans, at depths between 1,500 and 3,000 m. Its length is from 20 to 30 cm.