Bathysauropsis
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''Bathysauropsis'' is the only genus in the lizard
greeneye Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fishes in the small family Chlorophthalmidae. Thought to have a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate waters, the family contains just 18 species in two genera. The family name Chlorophthalm ...
family, Bathysauropsidae.


Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''
Bathysauropsis gracilis The black lizardfish or deep-water greeneye, ''Bathysauropsis gracilis'', is a grinner of the genus '' Bathysauropsis'', found around the world in the southern oceans, at depths between 1,500 and 3,000 m. Its length is from 20 to 30 cm. ...
'' ( Günther, 1878) (black lizardfish) * ''
Bathysauropsis malayanus ''Bathysauropsis'' is the only genus in the lizard greeneye Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fishes in the small family Chlorophthalmidae. Thought to have a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate waters, the family contai ...
'' ( Fowler, 1938)


References

Aulopiformes {{Aulopiformes-stub