''Sigmops'' is a genus of
bristlemouth
The Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths, lightfishes, or anglemouths. It is a relatively small family, containing only eight known genera and 32 species. However, bristlemouths make up for their l ...
s.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
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Sigmops bathyphilum
''Sigmops bathyphilus'', commonly called the spark anglemouth, deepsea fangjaw or deepsea lightfish, is a species of fish in the family Gonostomatidae (anglemouths).
Description
''Sigmops bathyphilus'' is black in colour, with a maximum length ...
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( Vaillant, 1884) (Spark anglemouth)
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Sigmops ebelingi
''Sigmops'' is a genus of bristlemouths.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''Sigmops bathyphilum'' ( Vaillant, 1884) (Spark anglemouth)
* '' Sigmops ebelingi'' (Grey
Grey (more common in British English ...
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(Grey
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1960) (Ebeling's fangjaw)
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Sigmops gracilis''
( Günther, 1878) (Slender fangjaw)
* ''
Sigmops longipinnis''
( Mukhacheva, 1972)
References
Gonostomatidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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