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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Nezumia: A Japanese word that means "mouse" ; kensmithi: Named for Dr. Kenneth L. Smith Jr. for his significant contributions to our knowledge of the ecology and behavior of macrourids and biology of Pacific Ocean seamounts (Ref. 44017).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 555 m (Ref. 44017). Deep-water
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Central Pacific: known only from Fieberling Guyot in the Fieberling-Guadalupe seamount chain about 900 km west-south-west of San Diego, California.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44017)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11. Soft rays on first dorsal fin 9-11; steep, blunt snout naked on venter; relatively weak suborbital ridge; moderately long, thin barbel. Dorsal spine and soft ray counts above taken from first dorsal fin.
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Wilson, R.R. Jr., 2001. A new species of Nezumia (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Fieberling Guyot, eastern North Pacific Ocean. Rev. Biol. Trop. 49(Supl.1):29-37. (Ref. 44017)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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