deepsea lizardfish

Bathysaurus ferox

Sixty Four Centimeters Bathysaurid Fish from the Indian Ocean

Oceanic
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Central America and the Caribbean
Europe
Oceania
South America
Elongated
Large

The deepsea lizardfish (Bathysaurus ferox) is an aulopiform of the family Bathysauridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas across the world. The deepsea lizardfish should not be confused with the true or "typical" lizardfishes of the related family Synodontidae.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lizardfishes and Allies
Family: Bathysauridae
Genus: Bathysaurus
Maximum length: 64 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: northern British Isles to Guinea; also off South Africa. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462 ). Western Atlantic: Davis Strait to Rio Grande Rise, Brazil. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and Australia (Ref. 7300 ). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546 ). Macristium chavesi (pelagic larvae) known from Dominican Republic, Bay of Biscay, Azores, and in the Indian Ocean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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