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Bathylagus antarcticus (Antarctic big-eye smelt; Antarctic deepsea smelt)

Synonyms: Bathylagus glacialis
Language: Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Bathylagus antarcticus, the Antarctic deep-sea smelt, is a deep-sea smelt found in all the southern oceans as far south as Antarctica, to depths of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). This species grows to a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.
View Wikipedia Record: Bathylagus antarcticus

Prey / Diet

Ningaui yvonnae (Southern Ningaui)[1]

Predators

Arctocephalus gazella (Antarctic Fur Seal)[1]
Moroteuthopsis ingens (warty squid)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lecithochirium whitei[3]

External References

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.
♦ 2CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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