| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
25 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 329 - 1261 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Southeast Atlantic: southernly into the Gulf of Guinea to Angola. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Ventral leading edge of snout and narrow ventromedian strip on underside naked, head otherwise completely scaled. Scales deciduous, with small, short, conical spinules in 6 to 9 parallel rows. Overall color is brownish to bluish; trunk bluish to blackish; fins blackish; mouth dusky; gill cavities blackish. |
| Biology: |
Apparently found deeper in the northern part of its range. Copepods (80%) and polychaetes (62%) have the highest proportions in specimens examined from the slope off northwestern Africa. Other crustaceans and a few fish formed the remainder of the diet. This species like the majority of macrourines, depends on a mixed diet of benthic and pelagic organisms (Ref. 6219). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 July 2012 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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