Bathypterois is a genus of deepsea tripod fishes. They are a diverse genus that belong to the greater family Ipnopidae and order Aulopiformes. They are distinguished by having two elongated pelvic fins and an elongated caudal fin, which allow them to move and stand on the ocean floor, much like a tripod, hence the common name.[2] Bathypterois are distributed worldwide with some particular species of the genus having specialized environmental niches, such as lower dissolved oxygen concentrations.[3] Bathypterois have a reduced eye size, highly specified extended fins, and a mouth adapted to filter feeding.[2] They are filter feeders whose main food source is benthopelagic planktonic calanoid copepods, but some variation is seen with maturity in secondary food sources.[4] Bathypterois use their three elongated fins for a wide range of motion from landing to standing on the ocean floor to catching prey, for which these fins serve as specialized perceptory organs.[2] Bathypterois have both male and female gonads at once making, them simultaneous hermaphrodites, whose gonads go through five stages of development following seasonal autumn spawning.[5]
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species within Bathypterois that are spread around the world. Six of these belong to the subgenus Bathycygnus. The taxa Bathypterois was first named...
included in the genus Bathypterois. Similar species are often observed in the same areas. A 2001 report included observations of Bathypterois dubius as far as...
The abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes, is a species of deepsea tripod fish, a demersal fish living on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even on...
Bathypterois dubius, the Mediterranean spiderfish, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean...
The feeler fish, Bathypterois longifilis, a grinner of the family Ipnopidae, is found around Australia and New Zealand. "Bathypterois longifilis". Integrated...
especially in the genus Bathypterois, have elongated pectoral and pelvic fins. In the case of the tripodfish, Bathypterois grallator, these fins are...
Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Bathypterois grallator" in FishBase. August 2009 version. Sulak KJ () "The systematics and biology of Bathypterois (Pisces, Chlorophthalmidae)...
the family Ipnopidae, which also includes the better-known tripodfish (Bathypterois grallator). Ipnops are small, slender fish that live close to the ocean...
of fish: Ipnopidae, a family found worldwide in deep seas, including: Bathypterois grallator, the most famous species in the family Triacanthidae, a family...
batfish of Ephippidae) are also capable of walking along the sea floor. Bathypterois grallator, also known as a "tripodfish", stands on three fins on the...
batfish of Ephippidae) are also capable of walking along the sea floor. Bathypterois grallator, also known as a "tripodfish", stands on its three fins on...
includes the abyssal spiderfish (Bathypterois longipes), tripodfish (Bathypterois grallator), feeler fish (Bathypterois longifilis), and the black lizardfish...
Chondrichthyes species only go as deep as the bathyal zone. Tripod fish (Bathypterois grallator): Their habitat is along the ocean floor, usually around 4...
the size of their small, warm-blooded prey. The deep-sea tripodfish Bathypterois grallator uses tactile and mechanosensory cues to identify food in its...
noxious slime, making them inedible to other species. The tripodfish (Bathypterois grallator), a species of spiderfish, uses its fin extensions to "stand"...
and may have specialised structures to achieve this. The tripodfish (Bathypterois grallator) has long, bony rays that protrude below its tail fin and both...
snails. In the sea depth there are variety of fish — Acanthonus armatus, Bathypterois phenax, Bembrops, Conger esculentus, Coryphaenoides, Hexanchus griseus...
Matallanas., (2001). Feeding ecology of the Mediterranean spiderfish, Bathypterois mediterraneus, on the western Mediterranean slope. Fishery Bulletin 99:...
The type species is B. olneyi. Bathypterois solidus Sp. nov Valid Schwarzhans Miocene Romania A species of Bathypterois. Benthophilus? ovisulcus Sp. nov...
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