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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Ipnopidae Deep-sea tripod fishes

Genus: Bathypterois

(See list of species below)


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19 species (see list below)

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Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 19 cm SL
 
Bathypterois andriashevi
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Circumglobal, excluding t
Max. Length 20.4 cm SL
Bathypterois atricolor Alcock, 1896

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Bathypterois atricolor
[Attenuated spider fish]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 13 cm SL
 
Bathypterois bigelowi
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 20.5 cm SL
Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Bathypterois dubius
[Mediterranean spiderfish]

Photo by SFSA

South Atlantic
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist, 1906

Photo by SFSA
 
Bathypterois filiferus
[]
No picture found
Tropical to warm temperat
Max. Length 43.4 cm TL
 
Bathypterois grallator
[Tripodfish]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 26 cm SL
Bathypterois guentheri Alcock, 1889

Photo by Reyes, R.B.
 
Bathypterois guentheri
[Tribute spiderfish]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
 
Bathypterois insularum
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Bathypterois longicauda
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Bathypterois longifilis
[Feeler fish]
No picture found
Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 24.9 cm SL
 
Bathypterois longipes
[Abyssal spiderfish]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific and Sou
 
Bathypterois oddi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 15.3 cm SL
 
Bathypterois parini
[]

Photo by Hooker, Y.

Southeast Pacific

Bathypterois pectinatus Mead, 1959

Photo by Hooker, Y.
 
Bathypterois pectinatus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Bathypterois perceptor Sulak, 1977

Photo by SFSA
 
Bathypterois perceptor
[]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Bathypterois phenax Parr, 1928

Photo by SFSA
 
Bathypterois phenax
[Blackfin spiderfish]

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Bathypterois quadrifilis Günther, 1878

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.
 
Bathypterois quadrifilis
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Bathypterois ventralis
[Ventrad spiderfish]

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 22.2 cm SL
Bathypterois viridensis (Roule, 1916)

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.
 
Bathypterois viridensis
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19 Species of Family Ipnopidae with Genus Bathypterois
(Deep-sea tripod fishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1988 Bathypterois andriashevi Southwest Pacific 19 SL
1896 Bathypterois atricolor Attenuated spider fish Circumglobal, excluding t 20.4 SL
1958 Bathypterois bigelowi Western Central Atlantic 13 SL
1888 Bathypterois dubius Mediterranean spiderfish Eastern Atlantic 20.5 SL
1906 Bathypterois filiferus South Atlantic 26 TL
1886 Bathypterois grallator Tripodfish Tropical to warm temperat 43.4 TL
1889 Bathypterois guentheri Tribute spiderfish Indo-West Pacific 26 SL
1892 Bathypterois insularum Western Indian Ocean
1878 Bathypterois longicauda Southwest Pacific
1878 Bathypterois longifilis Feeler fish Southwest Pacific 30 TL
1878 Bathypterois longipes Abyssal spiderfish Atlantic Ocean 24.9 SL
1977 Bathypterois oddi Southwest Pacific and Sou
1988 Bathypterois parini Eastern Indian Ocean 15.3 SL
1959 Bathypterois pectinatus Southeast Pacific
1977 Bathypterois perceptor Western Indian Ocean 16 TL
1928 Bathypterois phenax Blackfin spiderfish Eastern Atlantic 18 SL
1878 Bathypterois quadrifilis Eastern Atlantic 18 SL
1899 Bathypterois ventralis Ventrad spiderfish Southeast Pacific
1916 Bathypterois viridensis Eastern Atlantic 22.2 SL



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