Bathyprion danae[1] és un peix abissal que pertany a la família Alepocephalidae, de l'orde Argentiniformes. Habita en aigües profundes de l'Atlàntic i el Pacífic. Es troba en la profunditats marines a una profunditat que comprén els 100 i 3200 metros.[2]

Esta espècie va ser reconeguda per primera volta en 1966 per Norman Bertram Marshall.[3]

Referències

  1. ↑ Markle, D. F. and J.-C. Quéro (1984) Alepocephalidae (including Bathylaconidae, Bathyprionidae)., p. 228-253. In P. J. P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and I. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
  2. ↑ Fangtooth smooth-head thewebsiteofeverything. com.
  3. ↑ Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966 fishbase. org.

Llectura recomanada

  • Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  • Moore, Jon A., Karsten I. Hartel, James I. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith. 2003. An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  • Krefft, G.0 Bathyprionidae. p. 94. In J. C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 84502).
  • Breder, C. M. and D. I. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T. F. H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205).