Blue grenadier
📖 Overview
Appear to live usually on or near the bottom, but may occasionally move up into mid-waters. Large adult fish generally occur deeper than 400 m, while juveniles may be found in shallower water , more commonly found in large estuaries and bays, and may even enter freshwaters . Juvenile specimens and especially adults belonging to the American subspecies, have been caught from the coastal zone to 110 m . Form schools. Feed primarily on lantern fishes. In New Zealand, it feeds in midwater on small fish, crustaceans and squid. Oviparous, spawn 1 million eggs on the average which are released all at one time . Utilized fresh and frozen; can be steamed, fried, cooked in microwave and baked .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 96 - 106; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 89 - 93; Vertebrae: 78 - 81. Dorsal surface silvery, with a purple or blue-green tinge; plank and belly silvery; fins darker. Body very elongate and compressed with a tapering tail, dorsal and anal fins confluent with the caudal fin .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Blue grenadier is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Blue grenadier is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Female blue grenadier produce about 1 million eggs on average, which are all released at once .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 1000 m , usually 200 - 700 m . Subtropical; 15°S - 55°S, 111°E - 173°W Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and southern Australia.
🌿 Ecology
lantern fishes
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | blue grenadier · Blue Grenidier · blue hake · Grenadier · New Zealand Whip-tail · New Zealand whiptail · Patagonian whiphake · tailed hake · whiptail |
| 🌍CES | treskovník novozélandský · treskovník patagonský |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Newzealandsk langhale · Patagonisk langhale |
| 🇩🇪German | Langschwanz-Seehecht · Langschwanzseehecht |
| 🇫🇷French | grenadier bleu · grenadier patagonienne · merluche patagonienne |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | dekora · hoki · デコラ · ホキ |
| 🌍MRI | hoki |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | blauwe grenadier |
| 🇵🇱Polish | miruna nowozelandzka |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Новозеландский макруронус |
| 🌍SLV | modri repak |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | argentino · huaica · huelca · huilca · merluza azul · merluza de cola · merluza de cola de rata · merluza hoki |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 14 records indexed .
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