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Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)

Common Atlantic grenadier
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Cayman Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Nezumia: A Japanese word that means "mouse" .
  More on author: Günther.

Issue
This species is often confused with Nezumia sclerorhynchus (Valenciennes, 1838).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 200 - 2320 m (Ref. 3587), usually 200 - 1000 m (Ref. 2683).   Deep-water; 70°N - 12°S, 98°W - 30°E (Ref. 1371)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Atlantic Ocean: Eastern Atlantic: Faroe Bank to northern Angola and the Mediterranean Sea. Western Atlantic: Davis Straits to northern Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 4.5, range 4 - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3587); common length : 25.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2683); Età massima riportata: 9 anni (Ref. 58045)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 2; Spine anali: 0. Head short, completely scaled except for naked strip on the ventral surface of the snout; Eyes relatively large, 29 to 42% of head length; snout short, pointed; chin barbel very short. Body scales with lanceolate to shield-shaped spinules. Overall color is bluish to violet, head somewhat tawny to swarthy; ventral portions silvery when fresh; pelvic fins black except outermost ray which is pale to white; oral cavity grayish; branchial cavity mostly black.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Feeds on benthic as well as pelagic animals like mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms (Ref. 6187).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Iwamoto, Tomio | Collaboratori

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 May 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
FAO(pesca: production; publication : search) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.7 - 15.7, mean 9.3 (based on 786 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00182 (0.00111 - 0.00298), b=3.12 (2.97 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.