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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Lizardfishes and Allies
Family: Ipnopidae
Genus: Bathysauropsis
Maximum length: 32 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Circumglobal in southern oceans.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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