| 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: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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