Bathystethus orientale
Species of ray-finned fish
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Bathystethus orientale, the silver knifefish, is a species of ray-finned fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean around Easter Island.[1] First discovered in 1913, this fish is found near the surface along exposed steep rocky shores and feeds on zooplankton. [2]
| Bathystethus orientale | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Scorpididae |
| Genus: | Bathystethus |
| Species: | B. orientale |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathystethus orientale Regan 1913 | |
