| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
36 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 9 years |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 200 - 2320 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Atlantic Ocean: Eastern Atlantic: Faroe Bank to northern Angola and the Mediterranean Sea. Western Atlantic: Davis Straits to northern Brazil. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Head short, completely scaled except for naked strip on the ventral surface of the snout; Eyes relatively large, 29 to 42% of head length; snout short, pointed; chin barbel very short. Body scales with lanceolate to shield-shaped spinules. Overall color is bluish to violet, head somewhat tawny to swarthy; ventral portions silvery when fresh; pelvic fins black except outermost ray which is pale to white; oral cavity grayish; branchial cavity mostly black. |
| Biology: |
Feeds on benthic as well as pelagic animals like mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms (Ref. 6187). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 21 May 2013 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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