There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus: \n* Bathypterois andriashevi Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1988 \n* Bathypterois atricolor Alcock, 1896 (Attenuated spider fish) \n* Bathypterois bigelowi Mead, 1958 \n* Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888 (Mediterranean spiderfish) \n* Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist, 1906 \n* Bathypterois grallator (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886) (Tripod fish) \n* Bathypterois guentheri Alcock, 1889 (Tribute spiderfish) \n* Bathypterois insularum Alcock, 1892 \n* Bathypterois longicauda Günther, 1878 \n* Bathypterois longifilis Günther, 1878 (Feeler fish) \n* Bathypterois longipes Günther, 1878 (Abyssal spiderfish) \n* Bathypterois oddi Sulak, 1977 \n* Bathypterois parini Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1988 \n* Bathypterois pectinatus Mead, 1959 \n* Bathypterois percept