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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Nezumia: A Japanese word that means "mouse" .
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 1440 - 1710 m (Ref. 6187). Deep-water
Atlantic Ocean: Madeira and Gulf of Mexico.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6187)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Blunt nosed. Broad bands of small teeth in both jaws. Body medium brown with bluish tinge on lateral walls of the abdomen and blackish ventrally. Lips, branchiostegal membranes and fins blackish (Ref. 37108).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Geistdoerfer, P., 1986. Macrouridae. p. 644-676. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6187)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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