| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
62 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 250 - 790 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: southern Japan to the East China Sea. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Head almost completely scaled, except for the underside of the snout and anteriorly on the mandibular rami. Snout short, pointed, with stout conical tubercle at its tip and lateral angles; suborbital ridge prominent; mouth small; chin barbel very small. Scales rather deciduous; body scales with slender spinules in 7 to 19 parallel rows. Pyloric caeca 11 to 14, about half of orbit diameter, directed anteriorly. Overall color is purplish brown, lighter ventrally on head and trunk; oral and branchial cavities blackish; fins blackish. |
| Biology: |
Benthopelagic in sandy mud bottoms (Ref. 1371). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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