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Class: Teleostei
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Ipnopidae Deep-sea tripod fishes
Subfamily: Ipnopinae
Genus: Bathypterois

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20 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 19 cm SL
 
Bathypterois andriashevi
[]

Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes

Circumglobal, excluding t
Max. Length 20.4 cm SL
Bathypterois atricolor Alcock, 1896

Photo by Photo by Sandra J. Raredon / Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Div. of Fishes
 
Bathypterois atricolor
[Attenuated spider fish]
No picture found

Max. Length 13 cm SL
 
Bathypterois bigelowi
[]

Photo by Serrano, A.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 20.5 cm SL
Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888

Photo by Photo by Serrano, A.
 
Bathypterois dubius
[Spiderfish]

Photo by SFSA

South Atlantic
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist, 1906

Photo by Photo by SFSA
 
Bathypterois filiferus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 43.4 cm TL
 
Bathypterois grallator
[Tripodfish]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 26 cm SL
Bathypterois guentheri Alcock, 1889

Photo by Photo by Reyes, R.B.
 
Bathypterois guentheri
[Tribute spiderfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 14 cm TL
 
Bathypterois insularum
[]
No picture found
 
Bathypterois longicauda
[]

Photo by Graham, K.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Bathypterois longifilis Günther, 1878

Photo by Photo by Graham, K.
 
Bathypterois longifilis
[Feeler fish]

Photo by Graham, K.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 24.9 cm SL
Bathypterois longipes Günther, 1878

Photo by Photo by Graham, K.
 
Bathypterois longipes
[Abyssal spiderfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Bathypterois mediterraneus
[Mediterranean spiderfish]
No picture found
 
Bathypterois oddi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.3 cm SL
 
Bathypterois parini
[]

Photo by Hooker, Y.

Southeast Pacific

Bathypterois pectinatus Mead, 1959

Photo by Photo by Hooker, Y.
 
Bathypterois pectinatus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Bathypterois perceptor Sulak, 1977

Photo by Photo by SFSA
 
Bathypterois perceptor
[]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Bathypterois phenax Parr, 1928

Photo by Photo by SFSA
 
Bathypterois phenax
[Blackfin spiderfish]

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm SL
Bathypterois quadrifilis Günther, 1878

Photo by Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.
 
Bathypterois quadrifilis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.5 cm SL
 
Bathypterois ventralis
[Ventrad spiderfish]

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 22.2 cm SL
Bathypterois viridensis (Roule, 1916)

Photo by Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.
 
Bathypterois viridensis
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathypterois andriashevi Southwest Pacific 19 SL 1988
Bathypterois atricolor Attenuated spider fish Circumglobal, excluding t 20.4 SL 1896
Bathypterois bigelowi Western Central Atlantic 13 SL 1958
Bathypterois dubius Spiderfish Atlantic Ocean 20.5 SL 1888
Bathypterois filiferus South Atlantic 26 TL 1906
Bathypterois grallator Tripodfish Tropical to warm temperat 43.4 TL 1886
Bathypterois guentheri Tribute spiderfish Indo-West Pacific 26 SL 1889
Bathypterois insularum Western Indian Ocean 14 TL 1892
Bathypterois longicauda Southwest Pacific 1878
Bathypterois longifilis Feeler fish Southwest Pacific 30 TL 1878
Bathypterois longipes Abyssal spiderfish Atlantic Ocean 24.9 SL 1878
Bathypterois mediterraneus Mediterranean spiderfish Mediterranean Sea 20 SL 1962
Bathypterois oddi Southwest Pacific and Sou 1977
Bathypterois parini Eastern Indian Ocean 15.3 SL 1988
Bathypterois pectinatus Southeast Pacific 1959
Bathypterois perceptor Western Indian Ocean 16 TL 1977
Bathypterois phenax Blackfin spiderfish Eastern Atlantic 18 SL 1928
Bathypterois quadrifilis Eastern Atlantic 18 SL 1878
Bathypterois ventralis Ventrad spiderfish Southeast Pacific 12.5 SL 1899
Bathypterois viridensis Eastern Atlantic 22.2 SL 1916



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