| Family: |
Bathygadidae (Rattails) |
| Max. size: |
63.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 792 - 1200 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: central and southern Japan and Nintoku Seamount. Recently recorded from Taiwan (Ref. 54421). |
| Diagnosis: |
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 or palatine. No barbel. Scales cycloid, small, and deciduous. Scales on mandibular ramus comparatively large, arranged in a single row (Ref. 54421). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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