Coelorinchus aconcagua Iwamoto, 1978
Aconcagua grenadier
Coelorinchus aconcagua
photo by FAO

Family:  Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Max. size:  39 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine; depth range 119 - 450 m, non-migratory
Distribution:  Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Chile (up to 41°S) and Argentine Patagonia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Head large; eyes large; snout short and bluntly pointed. Body elongated, tapering abruptly from the first dorsal-fin base. Light organ rather short, extending in front of the anus within the body wall as a flattened, elongate diverticulum falling well short of the pelvic fin bases. Scales rather large and deciduous. Color is brownish to swarthy; the trunk bluish to violet; the fins dusky to blackish. A prominent blackish area behind the pectoral fin bases. The mouth and gill cavities pale.
Biology:  Feeds on copepods, pagurid and brachyurid crabs, and shrimp-like crustaceans.
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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