| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
32 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range - 920 m |
| Distribution: |
South Atlantic: Endemic to the West Wind Drift Islands Province; Bank Gulf and Discovery Tablemount in the South Atlantic, and Walters Shoals and St. Paul and Amsterdam islands in the western Indian Ocean. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10. This species has the following combination of characters: snout moderate (orbit diameter 0.88-1.16 into snout length), tipped with a sharp terminal scute, area dorsally behind leading edge of snout fully scaled, anterolateral margin of snout incompletely supported by bone; underside of head naked; body scales between origin of second dorsal fin and lateral line with 9-13 parallel rows of small, slender spinules; anterior dermal window of light organ short, extending forward about midway between anal-fin origin and pelvic-fin insertion; swim bladder deeply bilobed anteriorly; a distinctive banding pattern along body (Ref. 58387). |
| 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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