Bathygadus nipponicus
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Bathygadus nipponicus is a species of rattail
. This is a deep-water fish found in the waters around southern Japan
and northern Taiwan
.
This species grows to around 57 cm in length. It has a fairly wide mouth with a low, broad snout, large eyes and no chin barbel
. The mouth is terminal with very small, conical teeth.
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
. This is a deep-water fish found in the waters around southern Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and northern Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
.
This species grows to around 57 cm in length. It has a fairly wide mouth with a low, broad snout, large eyes and no chin barbel
Barbel (anatomy)
A barbel on a fish is a slender, whiskerlike tactile organ near the mouth. Fish that have barbels include the catfish, the carp, the goatfish, sturgeon, the zebrafish and some species of shark...
. The mouth is terminal with very small, conical teeth.