Gadomus colletti

Taxobox
name = "Gadomus colletti"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gadiformes
familia = Macrouridae
subfamilia = Bathygadinae
genus = "Gadomus"
species = "G. colletti"
binomial = "Gadomus colletti"
binomial_authority = Jordan & Gilbert, 1904

"Gadomus colletti" is a species of rattail. This is a deep-water fish found in the waters around Japan, the Philippines and northern Taiwan.

This species grows to around 40 cm in length. This is a very pale fish with darker fins and white jaws. The head, unlike in many deep-water species, has firm bones and the mouth is wide and terminal with bands of villiform (brushlike) teeth. There is a long, filamentous chin barbel and a wide gill opening.

References

* [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/43.1/35.pdf A new species, "Caelorinchus sheni", and 19 new records of grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan - CHIOU Mei-Luen ; SHAO Kwang-Tsao ; IWAMOTO Tomio]