Bathylutichthys taranetzi
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Bathylutichthys taranetzi Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990 |
Bathylutichthys taranetzi is the only member of the fish family Bathylutichthyidae and the only species in the Bathylutichthys genus. It is a deep sea fish with a length of about 10 cm, and has been found exclusively in the vicinity of the South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean at depths of 1650 metres.
[edit] References
- Bathylutichthys taranetzi (TSN 643790). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 24 January 2006.