Roughsnout grenadier (Trachyrincus scabrus)

Scientific name: Trachyrincus scabrus Rafinesque, 1810

Roughsnout grenadier (Trachyrincus scabrus)

The Roughsnout grenadier (Trachyrincus scabrus) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae.

Biology

Snout long, narrow, sharply pointed. Dorsal scute row striating from just behind the head and extending to about behind a vertical through the anus, with more than 20 scute. Ventral scute row not reaching anus. Scute keels generally smooth blade-like, without multicuspid tips in small individuals (

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Trachyrincus scabrus
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
60.0
Depth range
395–1700 m (1296–5577 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 395 - 1700 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Irish slope to Cape Verde, including the Mediterranean. Occurrence in southern Africa is based only on specimens from off Namibia and not 'west coast of South Africa' as reported by Iwamoto 1986.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.22-0.35)

Sources

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

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