Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan
Author
Iwamoto, Tomio
Section of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA;
Author
Nakayama, Naohide
Laboratory of Marine Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, 2 - 5 - 1 Akebono-cho, Kochi, 780 - 8073, Japan;
Author
Shao, Kwang-Tsao
Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan;
Author
Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho
text
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
2015
2015-04-15
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Bathygadus
sp.
indet.
ASIZP 64268
(1, 39.2 HL, 180+ TL), CD
191, 821 m
. This specimen from
821 m
in the
SCS
had interorbital 33% HL, orbit 20%, suborbital 14%, postorbital 56%, orbit-preopercle 49%, upper jaw 62%, and
V 10
, P 17–18, GR-I 5+19, characters that suggest
B. spongiceps
.
ASIZP
65634 (1, 264+ TL), CD 229, 880–
1062 m
. This specimen from
SWT
is in poor condition and most characters are undecipherable. Interorbital
23 mm
, orbit
12.7 mm
, orbit-preopercle
28 mm
;
V
9, GR-I 6+19. Head integument relatively tough; orbit too wide to be
B. garretti
or
B
.
nipponicus
.
ASIZP
66738 (1, 21.3 HL, 92+ TL), CD 324,
1293 m
. This small specimen from
1293 m
in the
SCS
had a broad interorbital (38% HL), small orbit (22%), deep suborbital (18%), and GR-I 5+18, characters that suggest
B. antrodes
.
ASIZP 66793
(1, 405 TL); CD
320, 731 m
. This specimen from the
SCS
is in poor condition; it was originally identified as
Bathygadus entomelas
.