| Family: |
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| Max. size: |
71 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 600 - 1340 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: known only from seamounts of Loyalty and Norfolk ridges, between New Caledonia and New Zealand. |
| Diagnosis: |
This species is distinguished by the following characters: lacks external evidence of a light organ; anus immediately before anal fin origin; long snout, about 2.5 into head length (HL), anterolateral margins not completely supported by bone; a long band of premaxillary teeth, the outer series only slightly enlarged; fully scaled underside of the head, scales small armed with discrete uniform rows of small spinules; mouth with black gums; body with 10 or 11 wide dark bars or saddles, most do not extend much below lateral midline; bands interrupted by narrow white (pale) spaces oriented vertically or at slightly oblique angles; anal fin with broad, dark distal margins, the anterior part with white distal tips (Ref. 80968). |
| 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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