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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Lampriformes |
| Genus: | Bathysoma Davis, 1890 |
| Species: | B. lutkeni
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| Bathysoma lutkeni Davis, 1890
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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,[1] then became a snake mackerel. However, scientists soon decided to classify it as basal because it looked way too much like a typical turkmenid.