Bathygadus antrodes GILBERT and HUBBS, Proc. U. S. Nat* Mus., 
vol. 51, p. (142) 149, 1916 (off Shio Misakij off Omi Saki; 
Sagami Bay; 440 to 712 fathoms); Bull* U* S. Nat. Mus., no. 
100, vol. 1, p. 380, 1920 (diagnosis in key). 
Depth 6 to 6 4/5; head 4 3/5 to 4 3/4, width 2 to 2 l/8. Snout 
3 l/S to 3 3/4 in head from snout tip; eye 5 2/3 to 6, 13/5 to 1 2/3 in 
snout, 1 3/4 to 2 l/8 in interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye 
edge, length 1 4/5 to 1 7/8 in head from snout tip; teeth uniform, short, 
6 rows irregularly and transversely above, 3 below; interorbital 2 2/3 to 
3 2/5, moderately high, unevenly convex. Gill rakers 6 + 20, lanceolate, 
slender on first arch, 1 l/2 in eye; gill filaments l/2 gill rakers. 
Scales 110 in medial or axial lateral series, of #iich 25 extend 
till opposite vent; 5 or 6 above, 12 below, 36? predorsal. Scales thin 
and very caducous, most all fallen. Scales similar on head to those on body. 
Scales simple, without striae; circuli moderately fine and complete. 
D. LI, 8 - 101 to 104, second simple ray extended and filamentous, 
sometimes long as head; A. 94?, lov/er than dorsal; no caudal; pectoral rays 
^1, 13 or I, 14, first or second ray often filamentous, sometimes long as 
head; ventral I, 9, first ray elongate and long as head. 
Brown, often with dusky shades. Iris gray. Inside gill opening, 
mouth and belly blackish. Fins usually darker brown than body. 
