Squalogadus modificatus Gilbert and Hubbs, 1916

Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2015, Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (3), pp. 31-126 : 118

Squalogadus modificatus Gilbert and Hubbs, 1916

Figure 31 .

Squalogadus modificatus Gilbert and Hubbs, 1916:156 (Bungo Channel, 32°32ʹN, 132°25ʹE, off Kyushu, Japan, Albatross sta. 4956, 720 fm [1317 m]; holotype USNM 76864, paratypes SU 22928).— Marshall, 1973:517–518.— Okamura, 1970:16–18, pl. IX (Sagami Bay and off Choshi, Japan).— Shiobara, 1982:143–146, figs. 1–3 (2 spec., 261–397 mm TL; Suruga Bay, Japan).— Sawada in Amaoka et al., 1983:105, 192, fig. 57 ( HUMZ 78126, 1 spec., off Miyagi, Tohoku district, 1110 m).— Okamura in Masuda et al., 1984:93.— Endo et al., 1994:332 ( HUMZ 121632, 1 spec., Sea of Okhotsk off ne. Hokkaido, 1393 m; n. record).— Okamura and Amaoka, 1997:129 (photograph of living individual).— Shinohara et al., 1996:170 (7 spec., east-central Honshu, Japan; 967–4867 m).— Shinohara et al., 1997:290 (listed).— Shinohara et al., 2001:306 (1 spec., Tosa Bay, 765–823 m).— Amaoka, 2009:177, fig. 304 (photo of fresh specimen). See also Shao et al. (2008: table 1, 1 spec., SCS) first record for Taiwan.

Squalogadus intermedius Grey, 1959:330–333 , fig. 53 (holotype USNM 185606 , n. Gulf of Mexico, R / V Oregon sta 1426, 1098 m; 5 paratypes, FMNH 64489 ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— SCS: ASIZP 64070 (1, 330+ TL), CP 178, 1241 m.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— As for genus.

DISTRIBUTION.— Widespread in tropical and southern temperate seas, but absent in e. Pacific. In nw. Pacific, known off Japan, from Hokkaido to Kyushu and Taiwan.

REMARKS.— A single specimen collected from SCS off sw. Taiwan in 1241 m represents the first record from Taiwan.

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FIGURE 31. Squalogadus modificatus Gilbert and Hubbs, 1916. ASIZP 64070, 330+ mm TL, preserved.