Bathygadus melanobranchus

Author
Vaillant, 1888
Common Names
  • Vaillant Grenedier

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Min Depth
650 meters
Max Depth
1400 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Atlantic. Gulf of Mexico to Surinam
Habitat-Biology
  • benthopelagic
  • slope
  • abyssal
References

  • Dick, M. M. 1962. Bathyclupea schroederi, a new bathyclupeid fish from the western tropical Atlantic. Breviora 167: 1–4.

  • Iwamoto, T. 2002b. Bathygadidae. Pp. 988–990 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • Marshall, N. B. 1973. Family Macrouridae. Pp. 496–537, 581–600, 610–23, 650–665 in D. M. Cohen et al., eds. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part 6, Heteromi, Cyprinodontoidei, Berycomorphi, Xenoberyces, Anacanthini (part) Macrouridae. Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Memoir 1, New Haven.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 1998. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 1112 p.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-24-2024.

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