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WoRMS taxon details

Bathysauridae Fowler, 1944

AphiaID

266998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266998)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Alepisauroidei

Synonymised names

Bathysaurinae Fowler, 1944 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Genus Bathysaurus Günther, 1878
Genus Macristium Regan, 1903 accepted as Bathysaurus Günther, 1878

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bathysauridae Fowler, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266998 on 2026-08-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-10 07:31:11Z

created

Decock, Wim

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-24 04:09:56Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2026-07-29 05:08:04Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors