Bathylagus tenuis Kobyliansky, 1986

Family:  Bathylagidae (Deep-sea smelts)
Max. size:  16 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 2600 m
Distribution:  Southern Ocean: Scotia Sea, and Crozet Is., Kerguelen Is., Macquarie I. (Ref, 45488). Also known from the central South Pacific and the southeast Atlantic.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Diurnal migration. Feeds mainly on copepods, appendicularians, euphausiids, pteropods, chaetognaths and cephalopods (Ref. 45488).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.