Bathygadus

Günther, Albert C. L. G., 1878, Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of the H. M. S. “ Challenger ”, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (2), pp. 17-28 : 23

Bathygadus .

Snout not projecting beyond the mouth. Mouth wide, anterior and lateral. Eye small or of moderate size. Teeth in both jaws villiform, in narrow bands, which occupy the whole length of the jaws. Barbels present or absent. The two dorsal fins are almost continuous ; and the anterior rays of the second are not shortened, but gradually diminish in length in the narrow posterior portion of the tail. Anal rays feeble. Bones of the head cavernous, soft, without prominent ridges. Scales small, cycloid, deciduous.