Author: Kolombatovi, 1894
Antonogadus megalokynodon Kolombatovi, 1894
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890) (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: a small deepwater three-bearded rockling. Eye moderately large, greater than inter-orbital width. Gape very large, always more than half head length and reaching beyond level of orbit; anterior teeth in upper jaw fang-like. Second dorsal fin with 49-54 finrays, its origin at 34.6-36.2% of SL; anal finrays 41-46, vertebrae 43-45. Colour: back mottled deep brown, flanks reddish, belly pink. Size: to 16.5 cm SL (but exceptionally to 40 cm).
Habitat: benthic, possibly bathypelagic over soft bottoms (mud, shells or dead coral), at 140-600 m. Food: crustaceans. Reproduction: spawns in winter; eggs, larvae and post-larvae unknown.
Distribution: Mediterranean, including Adriatic and Sea of Marmora, also adjacent Atlantic off Morocco and Madeira.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.