Author: Marshall, 1966

Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966

Diagnosis: body very slender and elongate. Head large; snout pointed and long; eye much smaller than snout; upper jaw long, reaching well beyond eye, fang-like conical teeth in upper and lower jaws and on palatines. Pyloric caeca 7-8. Dorsal and anal fins the same size and opposite each other, dorsal finrays 24-27, pectoral finrays 10-11, pelvic finrays 89 (plus a splint bone), anal finrays 24-27. Scales small and numerous. Colour: brownish. Size: to 38 cm.

Habitat: bathypelagic at about 1,100-3,100 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: isolated records from Madeira north to about 55° N. Elsewhere, South Atlantic and western Pacific.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Clupeiformes
Family Alepocephalidae
Genus Bathyprion
Species Bathyprion danae

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966

Scientific synonyms and common names

Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966

Synonyms:

Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966c, Dana Rep., (68): 4-9, fig. 1-3 (33°26'S., 157°02'E.). Holotype: ZMUC no. P. 1785.
Bathyprion danae: Markle, 1976: 133-134, fig. 39B.


Common names:

fangtooth smooth-head [En]

Markle, D. F. 1976. Preliminary studies on the systematics of deep-sea Alepocephaloidea (Pisces: Salmoniformes). A dissertation presented to the Faculty of the School of Marine Science. The College of William and Mary in Virginia. 225 pp., 41 fig. (not published).

Marshall, N. B. 1966c. Bathyprion danae. A new genus and species of Alepocephaliform fishes. Dana Rep., (68): 1-10, fig. 1-3.

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