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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Nunoo, F. |author2=Poss, S. |author3=Russell, B. |author4=Bannerman, P. |date=2015 |title=''Bathypterois longipes'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T190243A15603030 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190243A15603030.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| image = Bathypterois_longipes.jpg
| image = Bathypterois_longipes.jpg
| image_caption = Abyssal spiderfish from ''Oceanic Ichthyology'' by G. Brown Goode & Tarleton H. Bean (1896)
| image_caption = Abyssal spiderfish from ''Oceanic Ichthyology'' by G. Brown Goode & Tarleton H. Bean (1896)
| taxon = Bathypterois longipes
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1878
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| ordo = [[Aulopiformes]]
| familia =[[Ipnopidae]]
| genus = ''[[Bathypterois]]''
| species = '''''B. longipes'''''
| binomial = ''Bathypterois longipes''
| binomial_authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1878
}}
}}


The '''abyssal spiderfish''', '''''Bathypterois longipes''''', is a species of [[deepsea tripod fish]], a [[demersal]] fish living on the bottom of the [[Atlantic Ocean]], even on the [[abyssal plain]]. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known.
The '''abyssal spiderfish''', '''''Bathypterois longipes''''', is a species of [[deepsea tripod fish]], a [[demersal]] fish living on the bottom of the [[Atlantic Ocean]], even on the [[abyssal plain]]. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known.


This solitary fish grows about ten inches long, and has a "tripod" formation of fins both used to rest on the bottom, and to travel on the water column. It lives in extremely cold water, at temperatures of {{convert|32|-|48|F|C}}.
This solitary fish grows about ten inches long, and has a "tripod" formation of fins both used to rest on the bottom, and to travel on the water column. It lives in extremely cold water, at temperatures of {{convert|0|-|-9|C|F}}.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126344 WoRMS entry]
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126344 WoRMS entry]
* [http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=9139 Fishbase entry]
* [http://www.fishbase.se/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=9139 Fishbase entry]


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[[Category:Ipnopidae]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1878]]


[[Category:Ipnopidae]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1878]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]


{{Aulopiformes-stub}}
{{Aulopiformes-stub}}

Latest revision as of 13:28, 24 August 2023

Abyssal spiderfish
Abyssal spiderfish from Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode & Tarleton H. Bean (1896)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Ipnopidae
Genus: Bathypterois
Species:
B. longipes
Binomial name
Bathypterois longipes
Günther, 1878

The abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes, is a species of deepsea tripod fish, a demersal fish living on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even on the abyssal plain. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known.

This solitary fish grows about ten inches long, and has a "tripod" formation of fins both used to rest on the bottom, and to travel on the water column. It lives in extremely cold water, at temperatures of 0 – −9 °C (32–16 °F).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nunoo, F.; Poss, S.; Russell, B.; Bannerman, P. (2015). "Bathypterois longipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190243A15603030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190243A15603030.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.