Author: Kolombatovi, 1894

Antonogadus megalokynodon Kolombatovi, 1894

Diagnosis: a small deepwater three-bearded rockling. Eye moderately large, greater than inter-orbital width. Gape very large, always more than half head length and reaching beyond level of orbit; anterior teeth in upper jaw fang-like. Second dorsal fin with 49-54 finrays, its origin at 34.6-36.2% of SL; anal finrays 41-46, vertebrae 43-45. Colour: back mottled deep brown, flanks reddish, belly pink. Size: to 16.5 cm SL (but exceptionally to 40 cm).

Habitat: benthic, possibly bathypelagic over soft bottoms (mud, shells or dead coral), at 140-600 m. Food: crustaceans. Reproduction: spawns in winter; eggs, larvae and post-larvae unknown.

Distribution: Mediterranean, including Adriatic and Sea of Marmora, also adjacent Atlantic off Morocco and Madeira.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Gadiformes
Family Gadidae
Genus Antonogadus
Species Antonogadus megalokynodon

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Antonogadus megalokynodon Kolombatovi, 1894

Synonyms:

Gaidropsarus biscayensis (part) of Bini (1971)
Motella megalokynodon Kolombatovic, 1894, 0 navodima vrsti meci i kralejesnjaka Jadranskoga mora: 32 (Split, Adriatic).
Motella tricirrhata (non Bloch): Vaillant, 1888: 285.
Onos fuscus (non Risso): Smitt, 1893: 552.
Motella megalokynodon: Kolombatovic, 1903: 182 Ninni, 1929: fig. Soljan, 1948: 179, fig.
Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934, Bol. Soc. esp. Hist. nat., 34: 502.
Onos megalokynodon: Dieuzeide & Roland, 1960: 41.
Gaidropsarus biscayensis (part.): Bini, 1971, 3: 85.
Onos biscayensis (partim): Maurin, 1968: 22, fig. 8.
Gaidropsarus biscayensis: Tortonese & Casanova Queirilo, 1970: 30, fig. 4-5, (Gulf of Genoa, 80 - 350 m, very common).
Antonogadus megalokynodon: Economidis & Bauchot, 1976: 879 (Aegean Sea).

Common names:

mediterranean bigeye rockling [En]
motelle [Fr]
motella di fondale [It]

Buen, F. de 1934. Notas sobre los Gaidropsaridae (Peces). Un nuovo género (Onogadus nov. gen.) y una nueva especie (Gaidropsarus barbatus, nov. sp.). Boln R. Soc. e.sp. Hist. nat., 34: 499-504.

Dieuzeide, R.; Roland, J. 1960. Troisième complément au Catalogue des Poissons des côtes algériennes. Bull. Stn Aquic. Pêch. Castiglione (n.s.), (10), 1958-59 [1960]: 21-59, 12 fig.

Kolombatovic, J. 1894. 0 navodima vrsti meci (Cephalopoda) i kraljesnjaka (Vertebrata) jadranskoga mora. Spalato.

Kolombatovic, J. 1903. Contribuzioni alla fauna dei vertebrati della Dalmazia. Pesci. Glas. Narav. Drust., 15: 182-191.

Maurin, C. 1968. Écologie ichthyologique des fonds chalutables atlantiques (de la Baie Ibero-Marocaine à la Mauritanie) et de la Méditerranée occidentale. Revue Trav. Inst. (scient. tech.) Pêch. marit., 32 (1): 1-147, fig. 1-60.

Ninni, E. 1929. Scarus cretensis (Cuvier et Valenciennes, 1836). Faune Flore Méditerr., C.I.E.S.M., Paris, 2 p., 1 fig.

Smitt, F. A. 1893-1895. (ed.) A history of Scandinavian fishes, Stockholm and Paris, Atlas, I, 1893, pl. i-xxvii.

Soljan, T. 1948. Fauna i flora jadrana. 1. Ribe Inst. Oceanogr. Ribarst. Jugoslavia. Zagreb, Hrvatske, 437 p., 1350 fig.

Tortonese, E.; Casanova Queirolo, L. 1970. Contributo allo studio dell'ittiofauna del Mar Ligure orientale. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Giacomo Doria, 78: 21-46, 8 fig.

Vaillant, L. 1888. Poissons in Expéditions scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendant les années 1880-1883. Masson, Paris, 406 p., 28 pl.

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