| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
50 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 500 - 3800 m |
| Distribution: |
Southern Ocean: circumpolar, extending north of Convergence in some areas. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Head profile rounded; snout short, blunt. Scales deciduous, with 1 to 3 divergent rows of small, thin spinules uniformly covering almost all of the body; scales absent over most of the snout and in wide patches on the head surrounding large pores of sensory lateralis system. Pyloric caeca rather long and slender, about 9 to 10. Overall color is dark brown to brownish black. |
| Biology: |
Feeds on fish, copepods and other small invertebrates (Ref. 5097). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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