Melanolagus bericoides

Melanolagus bericoides
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Bathylagidae
Genus: Melanolagus
Kobyliansky, 1986
Species: M. bericoides
Binomial name
Melanolagus bericoides
(Borodin, 1929)

Melanolagus bericoides, the Bigscale deep-sea smelt, is a species of deep-sea smelt found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans to a depth of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL.

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