Author: Zugmayer, 1911

Barathrites iris Zugmayer, 1911

Diagnosis: snout somewhat swollen. Depth of body at anus 5-6 times in SL. Colour: body pale. Size: to about 250 mm SL.

Habitat: known from 5,033 to 5,285 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: oviparous.

Distribution: one specimen from the southern limit of the area. Two from the northern Mid-Atlantic.

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

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Ophidioidei
Family Ophidiidae
Genus Barathrites
Species Barathrites iris

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Barathrites iris Zugmayer, 1911

Scientific synonyms and common names

Barathrites iris Zugmayer, 1911

Synonyms:

Barathrites abyssorum Roule, 1916b, Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, (320): 17 (southwest of Madeira). Holotype: MOM.
Barathrites abyssorum: Roule, 1919: 71, pl. II (fig. 3).
Grimaldichthys squamosus Roule, 1916, Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, (320): 19 (off the Azores). Holotype: MOM.
Bassogigas koefoedi Nybelin, 1954, Publ. Union Internat. Sci. Biol., (B) (16): 66 (27°27'N., 14°52'W.). Holotype: UBNM.


Common names:

none.

Nybelin, 0. 1954. Sur la distribution géographique et bathymétrique des brotulides trouvés au-dessous de 2000 mètres de profondeur. Publ. Un. int. Sci. biol., (B) (16): 65-71.

Roule, L. 1916b. Considérations sur les deux espèces abyssales du genre Solea dans l'Atlantique paléarctique et sur le sous-genre nouveau Bathysolea. Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 22: 8-10.

Roule, L. 1919. Poissons provenant des campagnes du yacht 'Princesse Alice' (1891-1913) et du yacht 'Hirondelle II' (1914). Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert 1, 52: 191 p., 7 pl.

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