Overview
Family : Deep-sea smelts ; Abundant in midwater from near surface to 690 m [1]. Oviparous , with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35604).
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
California smooth-tongue, California smoothtongue, Smoothtongue, Snubnose blacksmelt, Southern smooth-tongue
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
光舌鮭, 光舌鲑, 显尾光舌鲑, 滑舌深海鮭, 滑舌深海鲑, 韋氏深海鮭, 韦氏深海鲑, 顯尾光舌鮭
Common Names in Russian:
батилаг калифорнийский
Common Names in Spanish:
Esperl, Esperlan, Esperlan de lengua suave, Lengua suave, lengualisa californiana
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Salmoniformes
()
- Family:
undant in midwater from near surface to
690 m (
()
- Genus:
Bathylagus
()
- Gnther, 1878
- Specific name:
stilbius
- Bolin, 1938
- Scientific name: - Bathylagus stilbius (Gilbert, 1890) Bolin, 1938
- Specific name:
stilbius
- Bolin, 1938
- Genus:
Bathylagus
(
- Family:
undant in midwater from near surface to
690 m (
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Bathylagus stilbius • Bathylagus stilbius stilbius (Gilbert • Bathylagus wesethi • Bathylagus wesethi Bolin, 1938 • Leuroglossus stilbius Gilbert • Leuroglossus urotranus Bussing
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 29-May-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bathylagus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. antarcticus (Antarctic Deepsea Smelt) · B. callorhini (Ghost Smelt) · B. euryops (Goiter Blacksmelt) · B. greyae (Grey's Deepsea Smelt) · B. longirostris (Longsnout Blacksmelt) · B. milleri (Big-Scaled Black Smelt) · B. nigrigenys (Blackchin Blacksmelt) · B. ochotensis (Okhotsk Blacksmelt) · B. pacificus (Slender Black Smelt) · B. stilbius (California Smooth-Tongue) · B. stilbius stilbius (California Smooth-Tongue) · B. wesethi (Snubnose Blacksmelt)
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Further Reading
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 143, p. 274, p. 276, p. 308, p. 469, p. 471, p. 473, p. 707.
- Environmental assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf: Annual reports of principal investigators. [Boulder, Colo.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, url p. 179.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , , p. 509, p. 811, p. 812, p. 817, p. 818, p. 952.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 107.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 9.
- Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 164.
- Postilla. 1969 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url fig. 5 , p. 16, p. 18, p. 4, p. 4, p. 8, p. 8.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 72.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed February 26, 2006. www.iobis.org
- Paxton, John (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-5012
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 182856
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 398128
Footnotes
- Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. [back]
