| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
21.6 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 400 - 600 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: southern Okinawa and the northeastern coast of Taiwan. |
| Diagnosis: |
Body terete; snout shallow, dorsoventrally depressed, terminal scute small; anterolateral snout margin incompletely supported by bone; diameter of orbit slightly greater than interorbital width; mouth small, upper jaw about 21% of HL; underside of head naked; nasal fossa scaled; a naked groove along each side of median nasal ridge; body scales covered with divergent rows of sharp spinules, the posteriormost spinules largest; second dorsal fin high; the second spinous ray of first dorsal fin prolonged, about 1.3 times HL; body without prominent markings (Ref. 55093). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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