Scientific Name
Bathygadus garretti  
Pronounce  
Bathygadus garretti加氏底尾鱈
by: Yi-Lang Jheng
Author Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916 Depth 350 - 700M
Chinese 加氏底尾鱈 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 鼠尾鱈科 Economic Fish No 
Family F215 Macrouridae Edible Fish Yes  Chinese In Mainland China 加氏底尾鱈 
Max Length 51 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 Gulf, 35°05'30 
Synonyms  
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.;  Gilbert, C. H. etc. 1916 Okamura, O. 1970 Okamura, O. 1970 Nakabo T. 2002 
Specimen List ASIZP0061226. ASIZP0061227. ASIZP0061228. ASIZP0065512. ASIZP0065580. ASIZP0065593. ASIZP0065599. ASIZP0070212. ASIZP0070241. ASIZP0070244. ASIZP0070246. ASIZP0070249. ASIZP0070253. ASIZP0074568.  
Common Name Grenadier; Rattail; Whiptail 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
Characteristic D1.II, 9; P.i18; V. 10-11; Scales 1D.7-8, 2D. 10-15; GR-I (outer/inner) 5+18/4+16; Pc. 49. Head moderately wide and comparatively firm, slightly longer than half length to vent. Snout low, not broad, slightly longer than or as long as orbit; the width at frontal margin of orbit much narrower than twice the preocular length. Orbit large. Mouth terminal and lateral, little oblique. Teeth minute, rather conical in shape, set in broad band on premaxillary and in narrow band on dentary. Scales small, cycloid, thin and deciduous. Mandibular ramus with double scale rows, one of which consists of large scales and the other smaller ones.
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 
Utility