title: Bathylagus
text: # Bathylagus
  
  Bathylagus is a genus of deep-sea smelts, some species of which are noted for having stylophthalmine larvae.
  
  ## Species
  
  The seven recognized, extant species in this genus are:
  
  * Bathylagus andriashevi Kobyliansky, 1986
  * Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878 (Antarctic deepsea smelt)
  * Bathylagus euryops Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (goiter blacksmelt)
  * Bathylagus gracilis Lönnberg, 1905
  * Bathylagus niger Kobyliansky, 2006
  * Bathylagus pacificus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (slender blacksmelt)
  * Bathylagus tenuis Kobyliansky, 1986
  
  In addition, there exists a species Bathylagus milleri (owlfish) in the deep sea at Monterey Bay Marine Life, Source: also MBARI</ref>
  
  