Genus Rhynchogadus

Rhynchogadus Tortonese, 1948

Diagnosis: body depth 4 or more in standard length. Anal finrays 50-51; second dorsal finrays 54-55; anal fin not indented. Colour: ventral finrays with no distal ornamentation. Body rather evenly pigmented, no pattern of bars or blotches. Size: to about 10 cm SL.

Habitat: pelagic; apparently rare. Food: no data. Reproduction: perhaps the early stage of a known species, or else neotenic.

Distribution: Mediterranean, in the Gulf of Naples and at Messina. Perhaps in the subtropical Atlantic as well.

Species 1.

Species of this genus in the program:
Rhynchogadus hepaticus

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