Coelorinchus brevirostris Okamura, 1984

Family:  Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Max. size:  21.6 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine; depth range 400 - 600 m
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: southern Okinawa and the northeastern coast of Taiwan.
Diagnosis:  Body terete; snout shallow, dorsoventrally depressed, terminal scute small; anterolateral snout margin incompletely supported by bone; diameter of orbit slightly greater than interorbital width; mouth small, upper jaw about 21% of HL; underside of head naked; nasal fossa scaled; a naked groove along each side of median nasal ridge; body scales covered with divergent rows of sharp spinules, the posteriormost spinules largest; second dorsal fin high; the second spinous ray of first dorsal fin prolonged, about 1.3 times HL; body without prominent markings (Ref. 55093).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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