Scientific Name	Bathygadus nipponicus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Gilbert, 1904)	Depth	350 - 700M
Chinese	日本底尾鱈	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠尾鱈科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F215　Macrouridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本底尾鱈
Max Length	56.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鱈魚
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Suruga Bay, Japan, depth 207-250 fathoms
Synonyms	Regania nipponica
Reference	邱美倫（2002）碩士論文；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2003)  Okamura, O. 1970 Okamura, O. 1970 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0064117. ASIZP0064274. ASIZP0065634. ASIZP0066126. ASIZP0070213. ASIZP0801567. ASIZP0911567.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Grenadier; Rattail; Whiptail
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D1.II,9-10;P.i18;V.9-10;Scales 1D.7,2D.10;GR-I (outer/inner) 5+18/3+15; Pc. 49. Head moderately wide, longer than half length to vent. Snout low, broad, longer than or as long as orbit; the width at frontal margin of orbit much narrower than the preocular length. Orbit large. Mouth terminal and lateral,no chin bable. Teeth minute, rather conical in shape, set in broad band on premaxillary and in narrow band on dentary. Scales cycloid. Mandibular ramus with double scale rows.
habitats	Benthopelagic fishes in the deep sea. A rare species of macrourids from the upper continental slope off northwestern Taiwan at depths between 400m and 800m. Food of these fishes consists of a wide range of fish and both benthic and pelagic invertebrates
Distribution	Southern Japan and northeastern Taiwan, Tashi ; 24 54'63"N, 122 03'49"E.
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