
Deep-sea Smelts
Bathylagidae
The deep-sea smelts are any members of the family Bathylagidae, a distinct group of marine smelts.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 25 known species

Bathylagus
genusBathylagus

Leuroglossus
genusLeuroglossus

Bathylagoides
genusBathylagoides

Bathylagichthys
genusBathylagichthys

Melanolagus
genusMelanolagus

Lipolagus
genusLipolagus

Pseudobathylagus
genusPseudobathylagus
Dolicholagus
genusDolicholagus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85627.