Codheaded rattail
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The codheaded rattail, Bathygadus cottoides, is a rattail
of the genus Bathygadus
, found in the southeast Atlantic Ocean
and the southwest Pacific Ocean
s, at depths of between 1,000 and 1,600 m. Its length is between 20 to 30 cm.
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
of the genus Bathygadus
Bathygadus
Bathygadus is a genus of rattails of the family Macrouridae.- Species :* Bathygadus antrodes * Bathygadus bowersi * Codheaded rattail, Bathygadus cottoides Günther, 1878...
, found in the southeast Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
and the southwest Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
s, at depths of between 1,000 and 1,600 m. Its length is between 20 to 30 cm.