WoRMS taxon details
Bathylagus euryops Goode & Bean, 1896
126719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126719)
accepted
Species
Bathylagus benedicti Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted
Bathylagus elongatus Roule, 1916 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details] 
Distribution Western Atlantic: West of Greenland to Georges Bank. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, Faeroes and Shetlands to Portugal
Distribution Western Atlantic: West of Greenland to Georges Bank. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, Faeroes and Shetlands to Portugal [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bathylagus euryops Goode & Bean, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126719 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Goode, G.B.; Bean, T.H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. <em>Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.</em> Text: 2: i-xxxv + 1-26 + 1-553. Atlas: i-xxiii, 1-26. Pls. 123., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W. (1937). Preliminary list of Bermuda deep-sea fish. Zoologica (New York), 22 (3): 197-208, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203680 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Bermuda) Beebe, W. (1937). Preliminary list of Bermuda deep-sea fish. Zoologica (New York), 22 (3): 197-208, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203680 [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on crustaceans and plankton [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: West of Greenland to Georges Bank. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, Faeroes and Shetlands to Portugal [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found at depths of 700- 1800m in temperate and sub arctic waters. [details]
Predators Fishes and marine mammals [details]
Reproduction Eggs and larvae are pelagic [details]
To Barcode of Life (28 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bathylagus benedicti Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bathylagus elongatus Roule, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathylagus euryops)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathylagus benedicti Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathylagus elongatus Roule, 1916)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathylagus benedicti P01676 illustration) (from synonym Bathylagus benedicti Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathylagus euryops P01672 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (usnm_31861_Bathylagus_compsus_type_radiograph)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bathylagus benedicti Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bathylagus elongatus Roule, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bathylagus euryops)
To FishBase (from synonym Bathylagus benedicti Goode & Bean, 1896)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Bathylagus elongatus Roule, 1916)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathylagus benedicti P01676 illustration) (from synonym Bathylagus benedicti Goode & Bean, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Bathylagus euryops P01672 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (usnm_31861_Bathylagus_compsus_type_radiograph)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
