antrodes, Melanobranchus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:606, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 2526] Sagami Bay, Japan, depth 501-749 fathoms [916-1370 meters]. Holotype: USNM 50932. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8564 (6), USNM 51442 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:59 [ref. 12291]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:551 [ref. 31656] •Valid as Bathygadus antrodes (Jordan & Starks 1904) -- (Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:93 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:197, 356 [ref. 8057], Howes & Crimmen 1990:191 [ref. 15692], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:94 [ref. 18936], Sazonov 1994:150 [ref. 22658], Shinohara et al. 1996:168 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:418 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:304 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:418 [ref. 26001], Chiou et al. 2004:39 [ref. 27691], Shinohara et al. 2005:416 [ref. 28370], Bañón et al. 2013:553 [ref. 33016], Iwamoto & Okamoto 2015:377 [ref. 33958], Iwamoto et al. 2015:37 [ref. 35408] with authors as Jordan & Gilbert). Current status: Valid as Bathygadus antrodes (Jordan & Starks 1904). Bathygadidae. Distribution: Japan, Okinawa and Emperor Seamounts chain. Habitat: marine.