Biology:Bathygadus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Bathygadus
Temporal range: 48–0 Ma

Middle Eocene to Present[1]
Bathygadus cottoides (Codheaded rattail).gif
Codheaded rattail, Bathygadus cottoides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Bathygadinae
Genus: Bathygadus
Günther, 1878
Type species
Bathygadus cottoides
Günther, 1878
Species

See text.

Bathygadus is a genus of rattails of the family Bathygadidae.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Bathygadus antrodes (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
  • Bathygadus bowersi (Gilbert, 1905)
  • Bathygadus cottoides Günther, 1878 (Codheaded rattail)
  • Bathygadus dubiosus Weber, 1913
  • Bathygadus entomelas Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
  • Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886
  • Bathygadus furvescens Alcock, 1894 (Blackfin rattail)
  • Bathygadus garretti Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916
  • Bathygadus macrops Goode & Bean, 1885 (Bullseye grenadier)
  • Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant, 1888 (Vaillant's grenadier)
  • Bathygadus nipponicus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904)
  • Bathygadus spongiceps Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 (Spongy rattail)
  • Bathygadus sulcatus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Bathygadus in FishBase. April 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2051003 entry