Bathytroctes
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| Bathytroctes | |
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| Koefoed's smooth-head (Bathytroctes macrolepis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Bathytroctes Günther, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Bathytroctes microlepis Günther, 1878[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bathytroctes is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world..
