Bathylutichthys taranetzi
| Bathylutichthys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Bathylutichthyidae Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990 |
| Genus: | Bathylutichthys Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990 |
| Species: | B. taranetzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathylutichthys taranetzi Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990 |
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Bathylutichthys taranetzi is the only species of the fish family Bathylutichthyidae (the Atlantic sculpins). It is a deep sea fish with a length of about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) SL, and has been found exclusively in the vicinity of the South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean at depths of 1,650 metres (5,410 ft).
References
- "Bathylutichthys taranetzi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
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