Marini's grenadier
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. The head large; the eyes also large; snout tipped with a scute of moderate size, not especially set off by its size or spines from the adjacent scales. Head ridges moderately supported by coarse scales. Most body scales with small fine, reclined spinules arranged in an irregular quincunx to sub parallel pattern. Overall color is medium brown to swarthy, darker on the abdomen and chest; the underside of the head with small melanophores; the fins are dusky, their inner bases black.: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
Diet information for Marini's grenadier is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Marini's grenadier is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; non-migratory; depth range 200 - 600 m . Deep-water; 26°S - 56°S, 64°W - 34°W Southwest Atlantic: southern Brazil to South Georgia.
🌿 Ecology
benthic crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Marini's grenadier |
| 🌍CES | hlavoun snědý |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Полорыл Марини |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caelorinchus marinii | Hubbs | 1934 | Synonym |
| Coelorhynchus coelorhynchus marinii | Hubbs | 1934 | Synonym |
| Coelorhynchus marinii | Hubbs | 1934 | Synonym |
| Coryphaenoides barattinii | Fowler | 1943 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 3 records indexed .
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