Glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus)

Scientific name: Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884

Glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus)

The Glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae.

Biology

Most common at depths less than 500 m. Feeds predominantly on pelagic copepods, to a lesser extent on euphausiids and gammarian amphipods, and to a minor extent on shrimps, ostracods, cumaceans, other small crustaceans, and small fish. Due to its small size, it is not of significant interest to fisheries.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hymenocephalus italicus
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
25.0
Depth range
100–1400 m (328–4593 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; non-migratory; depth range 100 - 1400 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Atlantic and Indian: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Angola, including the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: Florida Straits through the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to northern Brazil. Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Zanzibar and Maldives.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries:
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.18; tmax=9)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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