| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
111 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 600 - 2380 m, non-migratory |
| Distribution: |
Pacific Ocean: Kermadec Islands, Philippines, Darwin Seamount in central Pacific, Tasman Sea, Nazca Ridge. Indian Ocean: off Socotra Island and Western Australian Ridge. Subtropical and tropical Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Head large, completely scaled except for the exposed posterior end of the preopercle and gill membranes. Snout short, bluntly pointed. No suborbital ridge developed; scales spinules numerous, small, sharp, conical, in irregularly divergent to roughly quincunx pattern. Pyloric caeca 12 to 16. Overall color is brown or grayish brown; fins somewhat darker. |
| Biology: |
Feeds on cephalopods, at least at larger sizes. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 02 February 2015 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
Recorded from eastern Palawan (Ref. 10437) in 2,022 m as Macrourus paradoxus Smith & Radcliffe 1912 (Ref. 280). |
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