Ipnopidae

Ipnopidae
Spiderfish, Bathypterois dubius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Ipnopidae
Genera
Bathymicrops Bathypterois Bathysauropsis Bathytyphlops Ipnops See text for species.

Ipnopidae is a family of fishes in the order Aulopiformes. They are small slender fishes, with maximum length ranging from about 10 cm to about 40 cm. They are found in temperate and tropical deep waters of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.

A number of species, especially in the genus Bathypterois have elongated pectoral and pelvic fins. In the case of the tripodfish, Bathypterois grallator, these fins are three times as long as the body — up to a metre in length — and are used for standing on the sea floor.

Species

There are thirty species in five genera:

• Genus Bathymicrops
  • Bathymicrops belyaninae Nielsen & Merrett, 1992.
  • Bathymicrops brevianalis Nielsen, 1966.
  • Bathymicrops multispinis Nielsen & Merrett, 1992.
  • Bathymicrops regis Hjort & Koefoed, 1912.
• Genus Bathypterois
  • Bathypterois andriashevi Sulak & Shcherbachev, 1988.
  • Attenuated spider fish, Bathypterois atricolor Alcock, 1896.
  • Bathypterois bigelowi Mead, 1958.
  • Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888.
  • Bathypterois filiferus Gilchrist, 1906.
  • Tripodfish, Bathypterois grallator (Goode & Bean, 1886).

    

    Tripodfish, Bathypterois grallator

  • Bathypterois guentheri Alcock, 1889.
  • Bathypterois insularum Alcock, 1892.
  • Bathypterois longicauda Günther, 1878.
  • Feeler fish, Bathypterois longifilis Günther, 1878.
  • Abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes Günther, 1878.

    

    Abyssal spiderfish, Bathypterois longipes

  • Bathypterois oddi Sulak, 1977.
  • Bathypterois parini Shcherbachev & Sulak, 1988.
  • Bathypterois pectinatus Mead, 1959.
  • Bathypterois perceptor Sulak, 1977.
  • Blackfin spiderfish, Bathypterois phenax Parr, 1928.
  • Bathypterois quadrifilis Günther, 1878.

    

    Bathypterois quadrifilis

  • Bathypterois ventralis Garman, 1899.
  • Bathypterois viridensis (Roule, 1916).
• Genus Bathysauropsis
  • Black lizardfish, Bathysauropsis gracilis (Günther, 1878).
  • Bathysauropsis malayanus (Fowler, 1938).
• Genus Bathytyphlops
  • Bathytyphlops marionae Mead, 1958.
  • Bathytyphlops sewelli (Norman, 1939).
• Genus Ipnops
  • Grideye fish, Ipnops agassizii Garman, 1899.
  • Ipnops meadi Nielsen, 1966.
  • Ipnops murrayi Günther, 1878.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ipnopidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.