Thickbeard grenadier
📖 Overview
Feeds primarily on benthic organisms, especially gammarian amphipods and, to a lesser extent, lamellibranchs, copepods, polychaetes, ostracods, isopods mysids, Natantia, and echinoderms . Minimum depth record from Ref. 1371.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Head large, completely scaled, including the ventral surfaces of the snout; snout short, narrow, with stout scutes at its tip and lateral angles; mouth small, restricted laterally. Scales with numerous (over 100 in large specimens) short, stout spinules arranged in V-shaped rows. Pyloric caeca short, 10 to 15. Overall color is medium to dark brown; fins generally blackish.: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Thickbeard grenadier is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Thickbeard grenadier is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Thickbeard grenadier is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 400 - 2375 m . Deep-water; 37°N - 0°N, 98°W - 4°W Central Atlantic: Western Central Atlantic: off Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean.
🌿 Ecology
benthic organisms, especially gammarian amphipods and, to a lesser extent, lamellibranchs, copepods,
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Thickbeard grenadier |
| 🇫🇷French | Grenadier Barbiché · Grenadier barbichu |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-lagartixa |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cariburus zaniophorus | Vaillant | 1888 | Synonym |
| Coryphaenoides colon | Marshall & Iwamoto | 1973 | Synonym |
| Macrurus zaniophorus | Vaillant | 1888 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 8 records indexed .
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