Author: Günther, 1867
Antonogadus macrophthalmus Günther, 1867
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867) (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 53-59 finrays, its origin at 32.4-35.3% of SL; anal finrays 45-50. Vertebrae 45-46. Colour: back mottled with medium brown, flanks reddish becoming pink ventrally. Size: to 10 cm SL.
Habitat: benthic, possibly bathypelagic, over mud and grey sand bottoms, always well offshore. Food: galatheid and crangonid crustaceans. Reproduction: perhaps in early spring; pelagic early juveniles caught in June over 130 m.
Distribution: Faroe-Shetland Channel south to Bay of Biscay along lower continental shelf.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.