Animalia > Chordata > Osmeriformes > Bathylagidae > Bathylagus > Bathylagus euryops

Bathylagus euryops (Goiter blacksmelt; Goitre black smelt; Goitre blacksmelt)

Synonyms: Bathylagus bendicti; Bathylagus benedicti; Bathylagus elongatus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The goiter blacksmelt (Bathylagus euryops) is a species of deep-sea smelt found in the North Atlantic Ocean.It is the biomass-dominant pelagic fish over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge when the entire water column is fully considered. The water-column in which it resides is 500 to 3,237 m (1,640 to 10,620 ft) deep. No topographic trapping can be performed on the species as they do not vertically migrate. This species grows to a length of 13 cm (5.1 in)]].
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Calanus helgolandicus[1]
Gaetanus brevispinus[1]
Mimocalanus cultrifer[1]
Paraeuchaeta norvegica[1]

Predators

Hoplostethus atlanticus (Slimehead)[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