| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
21 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 200 - 720 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and the East China Sea. Recently recorded from northeastern Taiwan (Ref. 54421). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Snout short, blunt; terminal and lateral scutes large, blunt; undersides of snout, mandible, most of the suborbital, and part of the lower margin of the preopercle naked. Body scales with sharp, slender spinules in 4 to 16 parallel rows. Pyloric caeca 25 to 28. Overall color is brown; abdomen bluish; gill membranes blackish; fins dusky, first dorsal fin blackish distally; oral and branchial linings blackish. |
| Biology: |
Uncommon in depths shallower than 400 m. Frequents waters of 5-7°C. Polychaetes and euphausiids compose 30-60% of the diet of specimens from Japan, and prawns of minor importance. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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