| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
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| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range - 748 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Indian Ocean: known only from off Kenya. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2. 12 mesial gill rakers on first arch; eight scales below origin of second dorsal fin; no bulblike swelling of light organ, anterior dermal window represented by a small scaleless area between midbases of pelvic fins; pores of sensory canals on head small but present; color gray-brown, fins dark. Pelvic fins with long filamentous ray extending to about 13th anal ray. |
| Biology: |
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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