The goiter blacksmelt (Bathylagus euryops) is a species of deep-sea smelt found in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the biomass-dominant pelagic fish over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge when the entire water column is fully considered. The water-column in which it resides is 500 to 3,237 m (1,640 to 10,620 ft) deep. No topographic trapping can be performed on the species as they do not vertically migrate. This species grows to a length of 13 cm (5.1 in).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Bathylagidae |
| Genus: | Bathylagus |
| Species: | B. euryops
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathylagus euryops Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathylagus euryops". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- at ITIS.gov
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