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Bathygadus ( Gadomus ) melanobranchus WEBER, Siboga Exped., vol. 
57, p. 112, 1913 (Macassar Strait; Ceram Sea; Flores Sea; 
567 to 1301 meters). 
Bathygadus garretti Gilbert and Hubbs 
Bathygadus garretti GILBERT and HUBBS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 
51, p. (142.) 151, pi. 8, fig. 1, 1916 (type locality: Suruga Gulf, 
197 to 297 fathoms); Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 100, vol. 1, p. 
380, 1920 (diagnosis in key). 
Depth 6 2/3; head 4 4/5, width 1 7/8. Snout 3 l/2 in head; eye 6, 
1 3/4 in snout, 1 l/2 in interorbital; maxillary reaches little beyond eye, 
length 1 7/8 in head; mandibular barbel very small, 7 in eye; teeth in 
villiform bands, upper broader or with 8 irregular transverse rows, 4 or 5 
irregular rows below; interorbital 4 in head, low, broad, little convex. Gill 
rakers 4+19, lanceolate on first arch, 1 l/3 in eye; gill filaments 3/5 of 
gill rakers. 
Scales 167 in median or axial lateral series, of #iich 30 forward 
of ventral; 7 above, 17 below, 38 predordal# Scales caducous, most all 
fallen, equally large on head as on body* Scales cycloid,without striae; 
circuli moderate, each forms angle at median or horizontal axis basally* 
