Bathylagus antarcticus

Bathylagus antarcticus
	Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Argentiniformes
Family:	Bathylagidae
Genus:	Bathylagus
Species:	B. antarcticus
Binomial name
	Bathylagus antarcticus; Günther, 1878

Bathylagus antarcticus, the Antarctic deep-sea smelt, is a deep-sea smelt found around the southern ocean as far south as Antarctica, to depths of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). This species grows to a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.

References[]

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Bathylagus antarcticus" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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