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Actinopterigi (pesci con pinne raggiate) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) > Macrourinae
Etymology: Kumba: Named for the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, whose research vessel Sarsia dredged the type species.; calvifrons: From the Latin 'calvus' meaning bald, and 'frons' = forehead, in reference to the naked snout and forehead of the species.. More on author: Iwamoto.

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; marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 960 m (Ref. 11651). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Atlantic Ocean: known only from the holotype collected from the equator on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 11651)

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Spine dorsali (totale): 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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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Iwamoto, Tomio | Collaboratori

Iwamoto, T. and Y.I. Sazonov, 1994. Revision of the genus Kumba (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48(11):221-237. (Ref. 11651)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Kumba calvifrons Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1994