Roughtip grenadier
📖 Overview
Most numerous at 450 to 730 m in the open Atlantic and at 500 to 800 m in the Mediterranean. Feeds on small crustaceans (copepods, amphipods, decapods, mysids, etc.) and polychaetes
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Snout short, bluntly acute; terminal scute broad, blunt; ventral surface of snout without scales posteriorly including most of suborbital, mandible mostly naked, pores prominent on head. Pyloric caeca 22 to 29. Body scales with slender, conical, slanting spinules arranged in converging rows. Color in alcohol brownish, paler on head, with violet tinge on abdomen, some silvery reflections; fins pale to blackish; first dorsal fin uniformly blackish; mouth and gill cavity mostly black.: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Roughtip grenadier is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Roughtip grenadier is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; non-migratory; depth range 130 - 3200 m , usually 450 - 730 m . Deep-water; 43°N - 4°N, 81°W - 36°E North Atlantic south to the northern part of the Gulf of Guinea in the east, into the Mediterranean Sea, and north of Straits of Florida in the west.
🌿 Ecology
small crustaceans (copepods, amphipods, decapods, mysids, etc
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Roughtip grenadier · bluntsnout grenadier |
| 🌍CES | nezumie atlantská |
| 🌍ELL | Σκληρομύτης γρεναδιέρος |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | purppuralestikala |
| 🇫🇷French | Grenadier imberbe |
| 🌍HEB | חוטמנית המעמקים |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Pesce sorcio spinoso |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe rato |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Granadero · Granadero, rata · Rata |
| 🌍TUR | fare baligi |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lionurus sclerorhynchus | Valenciennes | 1838 | Synonym |
| Macrourus sclerorynchus | Valenciennes | 1838 | Synonym |
| Macruroplus sclerorhynchus | Valenciennes | 1838 | Synonym |
| Macruroplus violaceus | Zugmayer | 1911 | Synonym |
| Macrurus violaceus | Zugmayer | 1911 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 682 records indexed .
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