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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Macrourus: Greek, makroura = great tail (Ref. 45335); caml: Named for the Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML, pronounced 'camel') carried out in International Polar Year (2008). Treated as a noun in apposition to the genus name (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999)..
More on authors: McMillan, Iwamoto, Stewart & Smith.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien bathydemersaal. Polar
Southern Ocean: probably widespread in the Southern Ocean including the Ross Sea, Balleny and Scott Islands slope, Cosmonaut Sea (33 E), south of South Georgia (54 S), at 350–2080 m (Ref. 89100).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.9 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 89100)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Ventral surface of the head mostly scaled, except for scaleless areas anterior to the mouth and on the anterior half of the lower jaw. Pelvic fin with 8 rays, rarely 7 or 9. Lower jaw with 2–3 rows of small pointed uniform-sized teeth reducing to a single row posteriorly. Upper jaw with 4–5 rows of small, uniform-sized teeth. Body scales small, 30–40 in a diagonal row from anal fin origin to lateral line. Pyloric caeca 20–37 (Ref. 89100).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
McMillan, P., T. Iwamoto, A. Stewart and P.J. Smith, 2012. A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus. Zootaxa 3165:1-24. (Ref. 89100)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00219 (0.00111 - 0.00431), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Zeer laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd meer dan 14 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).