Longarm grenadier (Coelorinchus macrochir)

Scientific name: Coelorinchus macrochir G?nther, 1877

Longarm grenadier (Coelorinchus macrochir)

The Longarm grenadier (Coelorinchus macrochir) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Head large; the eyes also large; head ridges well developed; the snout tipped with a blunt tubercular scute. Scales covered with short, rather broad spinules, arranged in 4 to 9 widely divergent rows. Overall color brownish, bluish ventrally on belly; the mouth and gill cavities blackish, but the latter with whitish hyoid area along its posterior margin; the fins dusky or blackish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Coelorinchus macrochir
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
68.0
Depth range
235–830 m (771–2723 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 235 - 830 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Japan (Okinawa Trough, Pacific coast southward from Hokkaido), East China Sea (off Kagoshima Prefecture), Sea of Okhotsk and Korea (off Ulsan, Gyeongsangnam-do).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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