Porous Headed Grenadier

Head very wide and rather elongate. Bones of head soft and cavernous. Orbit small. Mouth terminal and oblique. Teeth minute, roughly equal, with arrow-shaped tip, set in broad band on premaxillary and in narrow band on dentary. No teeth on vomer or palatine. No barbel. Scales cycloid, small, and deciduous. Scales on mandibular ramus comparatively large, arranged in a single row (Ref. 54421).

分布於西北太平洋區，包括日本南方、中國東海及臺灣東北部等。

罕見的種類，雖可食用但數量極少，經濟價值低。漁民以拖網船捕獲後，多充當下雜魚，打碎後作為養殖魚類的餌料。

軀幹短；尾部側扁甚延長，愈近末端愈纖細；無尾鰭。頭部寬闊膨大，位於頭頂之眼眶間隔約大於眼徑之1.5倍。吻部鈍圓。眼大。口極大，端位；無頦鬚；齒為珠粒狀，多列排成寬齒帶。體被大型圓鱗，極易脫落；下頜有一排倒U型的大型鱗列；喉部裸露無鱗。鰓耙細長狀。兩個背鰭距離甚短幾乎相併連，第二背鰭比臀鰭高。無發光器。肛門位置緊臨臀鰭起點。體一致為深棕色，無任何斑紋。

主要棲息於600-1200公尺深而水溫在3-4℃之大陸棚深層水域。底棲性，肉食性魚類，以磷蝦為主食。耳石形狀顯示出其為游動緩慢的魚類。罕見的種類，雖可食用但數量極少，經濟價值低。

Bathygadus antrodes is a gadiform fish, a species of rattail. It is found at depths of up to 1200 m (3937 ft) in the waters around southern Japan and northern Taiwan.

This fish is known to grow to around 65 cm (25.5 in). It has a very wide, soft-boned head, a terminal mouth with very small teeth, small eyes and no barbel. The scales are small and deciduous.