Bathyprion
| Bathyprion Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Bathyprion N. B. Marshall, 1966 |
| Species: | B. danae |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathyprion danae N. B. Marshall, 1966 | |
Bathyprion danae, the fangtooth smooth-head, is a species of slickhead found in deep waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is in the monotypic genus Bathyprion.
A fossil specimen of an undescribed Bathyprion species has been documented from the Oligocene of the Polish Carpathians. It is one of the very few fossil slickheads known alongside Carpathichthys.
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