Codheaded rattail

The codheaded rattail (Bathygadus cottoides) is a rattail of the genus Bathygadus, found in the southeast Atlantic Ocean and the southwest Pacific Oceans, at depths of between 1,000 and 1,600 m. Its length is between 20 and 30 cm.

Codheaded rattail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Suborder:	Macrouroidei
Family:	Bathygadidae
Genus:	Bathygadus
Species:	B. cottoides
Binomial name
Bathygadus cottoides Günther, 1878