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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coelorinchus: Greek, koilos = a hollow + Greek, rhyngchos = jaw (Ref. 45335); nazcaensis: Named for its type locality..
More on authors: Sazonov & Iwamoto.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 225 - 530 m (Ref. 9949). Deep-water
Southeast Pacific: known only from type specimens taken from the Nazca Ridge.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9949)
Feeds on pelagic food items including shrimps (Gennadas, Sergestes, Plesionika), the mysid Paralophogaster glaber, the copepod Pleuromamma, squid, and fish (Chauliodus sp., Lampanyctus sp., and Myctophidae gen., sp. (Ref. 9949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Sazonov, Y.I. and T. Iwamoto, 1992. Grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes) of the Nazca and Sala y Gomez ridges, southeastern Pacific. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48(2):27-95. (Ref. 9949)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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