Bathypterois grallator
| Tripodfish | |
|---|---|
| Illustration | |
| Bathypterois sp., which may be of this species, off Eleuthera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Ipnopidae |
| Genus: | Bathypterois |
| Species: | B. grallator |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathypterois grallator (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886) | |
The tripod fish or tripod spiderfish, Bathypterois grallator, is a deep-sea benthic fish in the family Ipnopidae found at lower latitudes. It is now an iconic deep-sea fish, being observed and photographed by submersibles, using elongate fin rays of the tail and pelvic fins to stand on the ooze. B. grallator is hermaphroditic.