| Citation | Iwamoto, T. and N.R. Merrett, 1997, Pisces Gadiformes: Taxonomy of grenadiers of the New Caledonian region, southwest Pacific.. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (176):473-570. |
| Ref. | 35908 Iwamoto, T. and N.R. Merrett, 1997 |
| Page | 524 |
| Named Used as Valid | Hymenocephalus nascens |
| Comment | max length; |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Central Pacific: South China Sea off Hong Kong, through Philippines and Indonesia, off northern Australia, to New Caledonia. |
| Quote | 16.0 cm TL. Depth range: 366 to 855 meters. |