Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888: 124
Bathypterois dubius , Quéro & Ribes, 1999 : 200
B. mediterraneus
B. dubius
Bathypterois mediterraneus Bauchot, 1962: 639
Bathypterois mediterraneus, Klausewitz, 1989 : 255
A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Goren, Menachem
Galil, Bella S.
Zootaxa
2015
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Vaillant, 1888
Vaillant
1888
[151,572,1715,1741]
Actinopterygii
Ipnopidae
Bathypterois
Animalia
Aulopiformes
5
512
Chordata
species
dubius
Bathypterois dubiusVaillant, 1888: 124, Pls. 9, 12, 14, 15. Typelocality: Azores, Atlantic Ocean. Bathypterois dubius, Quéro & Ribes, 1999: 200–204 (synonymized B. mediterraneuswith B. dubius); Bathypterois mediterraneusBauchot, 1962: 639, Figs. 4b, 6. Typelocality: Rosas, Costa Brava, Spain. Bathypterois mediterraneus, Klausewitz, 1989: 255; Galil & Goren, 1994: 48; Goren & Galil, 1997: 201; 2002: 151; Gates et al., 2012: 217–219.
Distribution.Northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean; depth range 260–2800 m.
Comment. Quero & Ribes (1999), who compared the populations of B. mediterraneusand B. dubiusfrom the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, concluded that they are identical and B. mediterraneusis a junior synonym of B. dubius. Froese & Pauly (2014)stated that B. mediterraneus"may be valid". Further taxonomic study using molecular tools may resolve the issue.