| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
36 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and Taiwan. |
| Diagnosis: |
Head large, about as wide as deep, usually longer than 1/4 total length of body. Orbit oval, moderate in size. Sensory canals on head spacious. Mouth small, entirely inferior. Teeth conical. Scales nearly hexangular, thin and rather deciduous; spinules weak, slender, in 6-14 divergent rows. A large, naked area present dorsally behind anterolateral margin of snout. Nasal fossa largely naked. Luminous organ long, superficial blackish streak about as long as head exclusive of snout; anterior photophore fossa-like, but scaled (Ref. 54421). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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