| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
40 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 400 - 2375 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Central Atlantic: Western Central Atlantic: off Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. Eastern Central Atlantic: Mauritania to Côte d'Ivoire. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Head large, completely scaled, including the ventral surfaces of the snout; snout short, narrow, with stout scutes at its tip and lateral angles; mouth small, restricted laterally. Scales with numerous (over 100 in large specimens) short, stout spinules arranged in V-shaped rows. Pyloric caeca short, 10 to 15. Overall color is medium to dark brown; fins generally blackish. |
| Biology: |
Feeds primarily on benthic organisms, especially gammarian amphipods and, to a lesser extent, lamellibranchs, copepods, polychaetes, ostracods, isopods mysids, Natantia, and echinoderms (Ref. 1371). Minimum depth record from Ref. 1371. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 July 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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