Author: Goode & Bean, 1886

Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886

Diagnosis: head large, about 15-20% SL, snout blunt, mouth terminal, jaws equal; eye moderate, 17.3-21.2% head length, chin barbel absent. Pyloric caeca about 21. No elongate finrays; first dorsal with 9-11 finrays, second dorsal fin beginning just behind it; pectoral fin with 15-17 finrays, inserted under or slightly behind first dorsal fin origin; pelvic finrays 9 (rarely 10), none elongate, inserted under or slightly behind pectoral fin base. Scales without spinules. No light organ. Colour: body grey-brown, head darker; mouth, gill chamber and body cavity black. Size: to at least 50 cm TL.

Habitat: benthopelagic at 770-2,745 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: no data.

Distribution: Atlantic off Morocco and Madeira. Elsewhere, southward to Gulf of Guinea, also western North Atlantic.

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

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Gadiformes
Family Macrouridae
Genus Bathygadus
Species Bathygadus favosus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886

Scientific synonyms and common names

Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886

Synonyms:

Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886a, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 12 (5): 160. Type: MCZ no. 27974 (LXXX).
Bathygadus sp. (favosus): Koefoed, 1927: 114.
Bathygadus melanobranchus (nec Vaillant, 1888): Roule & Angel, 1933: 62.


Common name:

bighead grenadier [En]

Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. 1886a. Reports on the results of dredging . . . by the 'Blake'. XXVIII. Description of thirteen species and two genera of fishes from the Blake collection. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 12 (5): 153-170.

Koefoed, E. 1927. Fishes from the Sea-Bottom. Rep. scient. Results Michael Sars N. Atlant. deep Sea Exped., [tittle page: 1927, 1932], 4 (1): 148 p., 55 fig., 6 pl.

Roule, L.; Angel, F. 1933. Poissons provenant des campagnes du Prince Albert I de Monaco. Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert 1, 86: 1-115.

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