| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
68 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 235 - 830 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: Japan (Okinawa Trough, Pacific coast southward from Hokkaido), East China Sea (off Kagoshima Prefecture), Sea of Okhotsk and Korea (off Ulsan, Gyeongsangnam-do). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Head large; the eyes also large; head ridges well developed; the snout tipped with a blunt tubercular scute. Scales covered with short, rather broad spinules, arranged in 4 to 9 widely divergent rows. Overall color brownish, bluish ventrally on belly; the mouth and gill cavities blackish, but the latter with whitish hyoid area along its posterior margin; the fins dusky or blackish. |
| Biology: |
Feeds mainly on euphausiids, prawns, and small fishes (e.g. myctophids). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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