Popeye grenadier
📖 Overview
Overview information for Popeye grenadier is currently being compiled by our editorial team.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Snout short, blunt, with a broad spinous scute at its tip, its leading edge and most of its underside naked; suborbital shelf very narrow anteriorly; interopercle broadly rounded posteriorly; chin with very short barbel. Scales rather deciduous; body scales with 3 to 10 low, subparallel rows of spinules; gill and gular membranes and interopercle naked. Pyloric caeca short, 5 to 7. Overall color is grayish brown; fins blackish to dusky; oral and gill cavities blackish.: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Popeye grenadier is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Popeye grenadier is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 150 - 3500 m , usually 800 - 1200 m . Deep-water; 0°C - 4°C ; 60°N - 33°N, 140°E - 123°W North Pacific: northern Japan to Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea and south to Oregon, USA.
🌿 Ecology
pelagic forms (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | popeye · Popeye grenadier |
| 🌍CES | hlavoun popelavý |
| 🇫🇷French | grenadier cendré |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Karafutosokodara · カラフトソコダラ |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Пепельный макрурус |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macrourus cinereus | Gilbert | 1896 | Synonym |
| Macrurus cinereus | Gilbert | 1896 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 5 records indexed .
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