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Nezumia brevibarbata (Barnard, 1925) Shortbeard grenadier |
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photo by
Orlov, A. |
| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
| Max. size: | 26 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 549 - 1737 m, non-migratory | |||
| Distribution: | Southeast Atlantic: known only from off the Orange River mouth to south of False Bay, South Africa. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 149-151. Eyes large; snout short, acutely pointed, with well-developed terminal scute; underside of the snout, most of the suborbital, and anterior part of the mandible mostly naked. Spinules on body scales broadly lanceolate to shield-shaped, arranged in somewhat converging rows. Overall color is brownish; abdomen violaceous; gill membranes blackish; fins dusky. Also Ref. 2800. | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||