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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOsmeriformes
  4. ›familyAlepocephalidae
  5. ›genusBathytroctes
Bathytroctes microlepis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Smallscale smooth-head

Bathytroctes microlepis Günther, 1878

Also calledCassigné gros oeil (fra) · pienisuomusilopää (fin) · uzlatka drobnošupinná (ces) · Мелкочешуйный батитрокт (rus) · 小鱗淵眼魚 (zho) · 黑頭魚 (zho)

First described in: Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [Also a partial separate, pp. 1-24.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5214339.