Bathygadus garretti Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Bathygadus garretti is a species of rattail. This is a deep-water fish found in the waters around southern Japan and northern Taiwan.
This fish grows to a length of around 50 cm. It has a fairly wide, firm-boned head, terminal mouth with very small, conical teeth and large eyes. The scales are small, thin and deciduous.
The fish is named in honor of Lieut. Commander LeRoy Mason Garrett (1857-1906) of the U.S. Navy. He was the commander of the fisheries steamer Albatross, from which the type specimen was collected, because of his contributions to the success of a 1906 expedition to the Northwest Pacific. Garrett was lost overboard during a storm on the return voyage from Japan.
Wikipedia contributors, Bathygadus garretti; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:09:13.061031+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bathygadus garretti Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916
- Name authority
- Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Bathygadus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGadiformes
- familyMacrouridae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyBathygadinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- genusBathygadus Günther, 1878
- speciesBathygadus garretti Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bathygadus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bathygadus macrops Goode & Bean, 1885 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygadus waiohaensis Schwarzhans, Lee & Gard, 2017 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Porous-headed grenadierBathygadus antrodes (Jordan & Starks, 1904) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygadus bowersi (Gilbert, 1905) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygadus cottoides Günther, 1878 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant, 1888 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygadus nipponicus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygadus spongiceps Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathygadus sulcatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gilbert, C. H., & Hubbs, C. L. (1916). Report on the Japanese macrouroid fishes collected by the United States Fisheries steamer “Albatross” in 1906, with a synopsis of the genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 51 (no. 2149): 135–214, Pls. 8–11. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.51-2149.135 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:KX27. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.