Bathylagus niger

Bathylagus niger

Black midwater fish drifting in the Scotia Sea

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
Maximum length: 14.1 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southern Ocean: South Georgia and Sandwich Islands, Scotia Sea.

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