Bajacalifornia

Bajacalifornia megalops

Bajacalifornia is a genus of fish belonging to the family of Black Heads. It was described in 1925 by Charles Haskins Townsend and John Treadwell Nichols based on the type Bajacalifornia burragei, which was discovered in 1911 during the deep-sea expedition of the research vessel Albatross off the coast of Todos Santos Bay in Baja California. The body is covered with small cycloid scales. The ventral scales are well developed. The muzzle is moderately wide, but larger than in the genus Alepocephalus. The lower jaw protrudes greatly and ends in a pointed knob which is directed obliquely forward. The jaw edges show a single row of small teeth. The gills Reuse openings are wide, the gill membranes are connected at the bottom. The short back and anal fins have approximately the same length.

Occurrence

The range of this species extends from the Indian Ocean over the Sea of ​​Japan to the East Pacific Rise.

System

The genus includes seven species Bajacalifornia. Bajacalifornia burragei is the type species described in 1925. The ichthyologist Albert Eide Parr 1952 classified the manner described in 1898 by Christian Frederik Lütken Cyclothone megalops and described in 1913 by Max Wilhelm Carl Weber taxon Bathytroctes calcaratus in this genus. 1977 Bajacalifornia erimoensi was 1985 Bajacalifornia arcylepis, 1988 Bajacalifornia microstoma and 1993 Bajacalifornia aequatoris described.