Bathypterois atricolor Alcock 1896

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 66

Bathypterois atricolor Alcock 1896 — Attenuated spider fish ( Fig. 21 )

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on NTUM material (1 specimen, St. CP 4433-10, north of Kavieng ). Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas, but not North Atlantic. Bathydemersal, 250–5150 m depth. Marine.

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FIGURE 21. Bathypterois atricolor Alcock 1896, St. CP4433-10, north of Kavieng, 1056–1200 m depth (NTUM uncat.) (photograph taken immediately after collection).