Scientific Name	Bathygadus antrodes   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Jordan & Starks, 1904)	Depth	600 - 1200M
Chinese	孔頭底尾鱈	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠尾鱈科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F215　Macrouridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	孔頭底尾鱈
Max Length	60 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	Sagami Bay, Japan, depth 501-749 fathoms
Synonyms	Melanobranchus antrodes
Reference	邱美倫（2002）碩士論文;Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002);Fishbase(2003);Okamura, O. 1970a. Fauna Japonica. Macrourina (Pisces). Academic Press of Japan, Tokyo, 216 pp., 64 pls.;Okamura, O. (1970b) Studies on the macrouroids fishes of Japan-Morphology, ecology and phylogeny. Rep. Usa Mar. Biol Stat., Kochi Univ., 17, 1-179.;  Jordan, D. S. etc. 1904 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0061225. ASIZP0063758. ASIZP0063788. ASIZP0065515. ASIZP0065530. ASIZP0065633. ASIZP0066100. ASIZP0066110. ASIZP0066115. ASIZP0066938. ASIZP0067033. ASIZP0068048. ASIZP0070215. ASIZP0070641. ASIZP0074740. ASIZP0080285. ASIZP0801595. ASIZP0801596. ASIZP0801597. ASIZP0803809. ASIZP0807419. ASIZP0901388. ASIZP0901411. ASIZP0911595. ASIZP0911596. ASIZP0911597. ASIZP0913809. ASIZP0917419. FRIP03100.
Common Name	Grenadier; Rattail; Whiptail
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	D1.II,7-9; P.i15-i16; V.9;Scales 1D.8-9,2D.9-10;GR-I (outer/inner) 26-30/19-21; Pc. 14-16. Head very wide and rather elongate. Bones of head soft and cavernous. Orbit small. Mouth terminal and oblique. Teeth minute, roughly equal, with arrow-shaped tip, set in broad band on premaxillary and in narrow band on dentary. No teeth on vomer and palatine. Barbel none. Scales cycloid, small and deciduous. Scales on mandibular ramus comparatively large, arranged in a single row.
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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