Coelorinchus macrochir (Günther, 1877)
Longarm grenadier
Coelorinchus macrochir
photo by FAO

 Family:  Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails), subfamily: Macrourinae
 Max. size:  68 cm TL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; 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  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Luna, Susan M. - 18.10.93
 Modified by: Bailly, Nicolas - 29.04.09

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