Nezumia brevibarbata (Barnard, 1925)
Shortbeard grenadier
Nezumia brevibarbata
photo by Orlov, A.

Family:  Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Max. size:  26 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 549 - 1737 m, non-migratory
Distribution:  Southeast Atlantic: known only from off the Orange River mouth to south of False Bay, South Africa.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 149-151. Eyes large; snout short, acutely pointed, with well-developed terminal scute; underside of the snout, most of the suborbital, and anterior part of the mandible mostly naked. Spinules on body scales broadly lanceolate to shield-shaped, arranged in somewhat converging rows. Overall color is brownish; abdomen violaceous; gill membranes blackish; fins dusky. Also Ref. 2800.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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