Bathysoma

Bathysoma lutkeni is an extinct species of lampriform from the Paleocene of Sweden. One specimen is known from a rock from the Lellinge Greensand Formation.

 Description 

 Appearance 
B. lutkeni has a deep body and a tube-like head. However, not really much is known about it.

 Classification 
B. lutkeni was classified as a menid, then became a snake mackerel. However, scientists soon decided to classify it as basal because it looked way too much like a typical turkmenid.

 Related pages 
 Turkmenidae

 References 

Category:Animals of Europe
Category:Lampriformes
Category:Ray-finned fish
Category:Extinct fish
Category:Taxa described in 1890