| Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails), subfamily: Macrourinae |
| 37 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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bathypelagic; depth range - 960 m |
| Atlantic Ocean: known only from the holotype collected from the equator on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 2-2. Firm head not inflated. Sensory canals on head without enlarged pores. Dorsally scaleless posteriorly onto forehead as 2 projections lateral to median rostral ridge. Suborbital and nasal ridges distinct. Short barbel, about 9% of head length (HL); long upper jaw, 40% HL or more; orbit 27% HL, with snout equal to the orbit, 1.2 times longer than the interorbital. 1D II,11 (Ref. 11651). |
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Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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