| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
26.7 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 1350 - 1600 m |
| Distribution: |
Southeast Atlantic. High Seas only. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2. A rather soft, large, inflated head; small head pores. Dorsally scaleless snout extend onto forehead. Orbit diameter about 29% of head length; snout almost equal to orbit, about 1.1 into broad interorbital (33% HL in width). Rudimentary barbel, less than 3% HL. Well developed ADW and PDW, at either end of the long periproct region, separated by a narrow isthmus. 1D II,9 (Ref. 11651). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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