Bathygadidae

Bathygadidae
Bathygadus melanobranchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Bathygadidae
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Genera[1]

Bathygadidae is a family of rattails found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. These species lives in great depths.The chin barbel is usually absent in the genus Bathygadus when present barbel tiny and difficult to see without magnification. In Gadomus the chin barbel is present, usually thick and long.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Iwamoto, T., Nakayama, N., Shao, K.-T. & Ho, H.-C. (2015): Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 62 (3): 31-126.
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