Hollowsnout grenadier
📖 Overview
Found commonly in about 200-500 m. Feeds on a variety of benthic organisms, such as polychaetes, gastropods, cephalopods, numerous crustacean groups (copepods, gammarians, isopods, cumaceans, Natantia) and fish. Minimum depth range taken from Ref. 1371.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Eyes large; snout short, moderately pointed, its anterolateral margin incompletely supported by bone. Head ridges strong but with rather fine spinules; terminal snout scute trifid, wider than long, small and blunt to large and pointed, with a terminal and two lateral arms of about equal size. Underside of the snout naked medially. Light organ large, a black naked fossa between and slightly anterior to the pelvic fin bases. Overall color is pale grayish-brown to swarthy, with a series of broad saddle marks in some; oral cavity pale to dark . Spiny fin ray of first dorsal fin with a smooth and rounded leading edge .: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Hollowsnout grenadier is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; non-migratory; depth range 90 - 1485 m , usually 200 - 500 m . Deep-water; 62°N - 18°S, 98°W - 17°W Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.
🌿 Ecology
a variety of benthic organisms, such as polychaetes, gastropods, cephalopods, numerous crustacean gr
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Blackspot Grenadier · Hollow-nosed Rattail · hollow-snout rat-tail · Hollowsnout grenadier · hollowsnout rat-tail · longnose grenadier · saddled grenadier |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Lama |
| 🇩🇪German | Hohlschnauzen-Seeratte |
| 🌍ELL | Ανοιχτόρυγχος γρεναδιέρος |
| 🇫🇷French | Grenadier raton |
| 🌍HEB | חוטמן שחור-כתם |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Cipodda · Pesce serra · Pesce sorcio spinoso · Pisci spatu · Pisci súrici · Puddicinedda · Rasterpitvis · Sredizemnomorsko · Uomo nudo |
| 🌍MLT | Gurdien tal-fond |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | gevlekte grenadiervis |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Обыкновенный полорыл |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | granadero · Granadero Acorazado · granadero tristón · Pez Rata |
| 🌍SQI | granadieri bishtgjatë · granadieri njollazi · granathedhësi fytzi |
| 🌍TUR | fare baligi |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? caelorhinchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorhynchus atlanticus | Lowe | 1839 | Synonym |
| Caelorhynchus caelorhynchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorhynchus coelorhynchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus caelorhincus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus caelorhincus caelorhincus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus caelorhincus carminatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus caelorinchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus caelorinchus caelorinchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus carinatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus carminatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus coelorhincus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Caelorinchus laville | Giorna | 1809 | Synonym |
| Coelorhinchus caelorhinchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Coelorhinchus laville | Giorna | 1805 | Heterotypic |
| Coelorhynchus atlanticus | Lowe | 1839 | Synonym |
| Coelorhynchus carminatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus coelorhynchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Coelorhynchus coelorhyncus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Coelorhynchus coelorhyncus carminatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Coelorinchus caelorhinchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Coelorinchus carminatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Coelorinchus coelorhinchus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Coelorinchus coelorhinchus carminatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Coelorinchus coelorhincus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Coelorinchus coelorhincus carminatus | Goode | 1880 | Synonym |
| Coelorinchus laville | Giorna | 1809 | Heterotypic |
| Lepidoleprus caelorhincus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Lepidoleprus coelorhincus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
… and 4 more synonyms
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