taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FC8788FFBBFFC5FF7D5E83FD530C0B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. MHNUSC 25005 - 1, 278 mm TL, 6 th August 2011, Galicia Bank; 42 º 40.390 ’ N — 11 º 31.670 ’ W; 1,450 m depth; MHNUSC 25005 - 2, 291 mm TL, 6 th August 2011, Galicia Bank; 42 º 40.390 ’ N — 11 º 31.670 ’ W; 1,450 m depth; MHNUSC 25005 - 3, 295 mm TL, 7 th August 2011, Galicia Bank; 42 º 58.51 ’ N — 11 º 59.23 ’ W; 1,683 m depth.	en	Bañón, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Barros-García, David, Vázquez-Dorado, Sandra, Carlos, Alejandro De (2013): Taxonomic study of Bathygadidae fishes (Gadiformes) from Atlantic Spanish waters combining morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3746 (4): 552-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.3
03FC8788FFBBFFC5FF7D5E83FD530C0B.taxon	description	Description. Body elongated and attenuated to the caudal peduncle; head small, 6.7 – 7.7 times in total length; snout blunt, 3.7 – 4.4 times into head; interorbital width about equal to horizontal diameter of orbit; long chin barbel present, strongly developed and 1.9 – 2.4 in head length; dorsal, pectoral and ventral fins with a single elongated ray, elongated second dorsal ray 1.8 – 2.4, elongated second pectoral ray 2.0 – 2.3 and elongated first pelvic ray 2.0 – 2.2 in the head length. The main morphometric and meristic characteristics are presented in Table 4. Habitat and distribution. Benthopelagic in tropical and subtropical North Atlantic between 520 and 2,165 m depth (Geistdoerfer, 1990). Amphi-Atlantic distribution; in western Atlantic it occurs in West Greenland (a single specimen), off east coast of Florida, Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean sea and in eastern Atlantic from the northwest of Spain (Galicia), Portugal, Azores, Canary Islands, Morocco, Mauritania and Gulf of Guinea (Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973; Maul, 1976; Geistdoefer, 1990; Jørgensen, 1996; Bañón et al. 2010; Sobrino et al. 2012). Gadomus arcuatus (Goode & Bean, 1886) Fig. 4. Bathygadus arcuatus Goode & Bean, 1886: 158. Off Martinique Island, West Indies, Blake station 205, 611 m. depth. Holotype: MCZ 28007. Parr, 1946: 8 – 17 (description, key); Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973: 518 – 530 (description, key); Howes & Crimmen 1990: 192 – 201 (description, key).	en	Bañón, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Barros-García, David, Vázquez-Dorado, Sandra, Carlos, Alejandro De (2013): Taxonomic study of Bathygadidae fishes (Gadiformes) from Atlantic Spanish waters combining morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3746 (4): 552-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.3
03FC8788FFBBFFC5FF7D5E83FD530C0B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. MHNUSC 25006 - 1, 566 mm TL, 13 th May 2011, Avilés Canyon; 43 º 57.850 ’ N — 6 º 28.050 ’ W; 1,450 m depth.	en	Bañón, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Barros-García, David, Vázquez-Dorado, Sandra, Carlos, Alejandro De (2013): Taxonomic study of Bathygadidae fishes (Gadiformes) from Atlantic Spanish waters combining morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3746 (4): 552-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.3
03FC8788FFBBFFC5FF7D5E83FD530C0B.taxon	description	Description. Body elongated and attenuated to the caudal peduncle; upper profile to first dorsal fin strongly inclined, with a pronounced hump-backed appearance; head moderately large, 6.2 times in total length; snout 4.8 times into head; interorbital width about equal to horizontal eye diameter and 5.4 times into head length; chin barbel present and of moderate size, 0.7 in head length; mouth large and terminal jaws beyond the posterior margin of the orbit; only one pelvic ray elongated but broken is patent, all rest of elongated rays are presumably broken, elongated first pelvic rays 1.3 and elongated first pectoral rays 1.3 in the head length. The main morphometric and meristic characteristics are presented in Table 5. Habitat and Distribution. Benthopelagic in tropical and subtropical Atlantic at depths between 610 and 1,631 m (Iwamoto, 1990; Sobrino et al. 2012). Amphi-Atlantic distribution; in western Atlantic from Nova Scotia (Canada), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Surinam, French Guyana, north-eastern coast of South America and Brazil and in eastern Atlantic from Morocco, Azores, Canary Islands, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and Gabon (Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973; Iwamoto, 1990; Geistdoerfer, 1990; Howes & Crimmen, 1990; Melo & Menezes, 2002; Melo et al. 2010; Halliday et al. 2012; Sobrino et al. 2012).	en	Bañón, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Barros-García, David, Vázquez-Dorado, Sandra, Carlos, Alejandro De (2013): Taxonomic study of Bathygadidae fishes (Gadiformes) from Atlantic Spanish waters combining morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3746 (4): 552-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.3
03FC8788FFB4FFC7FF7D5E01FA1E0CBE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. MHNUSC 25007 - 1, 370 mm TL, 23 th August 2010, Galicia Bank; 42 º 32.846 ' N — 11 º 59.027 ' W; 1,185 – 1,187 m depth.	en	Bañón, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Barros-García, David, Vázquez-Dorado, Sandra, Carlos, Alejandro De (2013): Taxonomic study of Bathygadidae fishes (Gadiformes) from Atlantic Spanish waters combining morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3746 (4): 552-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.3
03FC8788FFB4FFC7FF7D5E01FA1E0CBE.taxon	description	Description. Body elongated and attenuated to the caudal peduncle; head large, 6 times in total length; snout blunt, 4.1 times into head; mouth large and terminal, jaws do not reaching the posterior margin of the orbit; snout as long as eye diameter and 4.1 times into head length; chin barbel absent; only first ventral ray slightly produced, 0.8 in the head length. The main morphometric and meristic characteristics are presented in Table 6. Habitat and distribution. Benthopelagic in tropical and subtropical Atlantic at depths between 450 and 2,650 m, but generally from 700 to 1,400 m (Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973). Amphi-Atlantic distribution; in western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean sea and off Suriname and in eastern Atlantic from the Irish continental slope, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Morocco, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Gabon (Farran, 1924; Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973; Sobrino et al. 2012). The records from South Africa were not included because they cannot be verified (Howes & Crimmen, 1990).	en	Bañón, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Barros-García, David, Vázquez-Dorado, Sandra, Carlos, Alejandro De (2013): Taxonomic study of Bathygadidae fishes (Gadiformes) from Atlantic Spanish waters combining morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3746 (4): 552-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.3
03FC8788FFB4FFC7FF7D5E01FA1E0CBE.taxon	description	................................................................................. Genus Bathygadus ... (2) 1 b. Chin barbel long, well developed; elongated fin rays in dorsal, pectoral and ventral fins ............. Genus Gadomus ... (4) 2 a. Very small barbel present on chin; body integument relatively tough, not readily torn; head bones strong; gill filaments pale. .................................................................................... Bathygadus macrops 2 b. No barbel on chin; body integument weak, easily torn; head bones weak, easily broken; gill filaments dusky or pale ....... 3 3 a. Pelvic-fin rays 8; gill filaments dusky; interorbital width moderate, 4 or more times into head length ..................... .............................................................................. Bathygadus melanobranchus 3 b. Pelvic-fin rays 9; gill filaments pale; interorbital wide, 2.5 – 3.0 into head length ..................... Bathygadus favosus 4 a. Two elongated rays in pelvic fin; pectoral-fin soft rays 20 to 28 ................................... Gadomus arcuatus 4 b. One elongated ray in pelvic fin; pectoral-fin soft rays 14 to 21 .................................................. 5 5 a. Gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 26 to 31; interorbital length 21 – 28 % head length; pectoral-fin soft rays 14 to 18; orbit 17.1 – 28.0 % head length; 9 – 13 pyloric caeca in adult specimens .................................. Gadomus longifilis 5 b. Gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 19 to 21; interorbital length 15.2 – 20.5 % head length; pectoral-fin soft rays 17 to 21; orbit 24.6 – 31.6 % head length; more than 50 pyloric caeca in adult specimens ............................. Gadomus dispar	en	Bañón, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Barros-García, David, Vázquez-Dorado, Sandra, Carlos, Alejandro De (2013): Taxonomic study of Bathygadidae fishes (Gadiformes) from Atlantic Spanish waters combining morphological and molecular approaches. Zootaxa 3746 (4): 552-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3746.4.3
