Bathophilus vaillanti
| Bathophilus vaillanti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Stomiidae |
| Genus: | Bathophilus |
| Species: | B. vaillanti
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathophilus vaillanti (Zugmayer, 1911)
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Bathophilus vaillanti is a species of barbeled dragonfish in the genus Bathophilus.[1][2][3] The species has been documented in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,[4] and fully-grown members of the species can reach a maximum length of ~18 centimeters.[4]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of French zoologist Léon Vaillant (1834–1914), of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathophilus vaillanti (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Bathophilus vaillanti (Zugmayer, 1911)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Bathophilus vaillanti". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ a b "Bathophilus vaillanti". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family STOMIIDAE Bleeker 1859 (Dragonfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
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