Animalia > Chordata > Osmeriformes > Bathylagidae > Melanolagus > Melanolagus bericoides

Melanolagus bericoides (deep-sea smelt; Bigscale deepsea smelt)

Synonyms: Bathylagus bericoides; Bathylagus microcephalus; Melamphaes bericoides; Scopelus bericoides
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Wikipedia Abstract

Melanolagus bericoides, the bigscale deep-sea smelt, is a species of deep-sea smelt found in tropical and subtropical oceans to a depth of 1,700 m (5,600 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 cm (7.9 in).
View Wikipedia Record: Melanolagus bericoides

Predators

Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Atka mackerel)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0