Roughtip grenadier (Nezumia sclerorhynchus)

Scientific name: Nezumia sclerorhynchus Valenciennes, 1838

Roughtip grenadier (Nezumia sclerorhynchus)

The Roughtip grenadier (Nezumia sclerorhynchus) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae.

Biology

Most numerous at 450 to 730 m in the open Atlantic and at 500 to 800 m in the Mediterranean. Feeds on small crustaceans (copepods, amphipods, decapods, mysids, etc.) and polychaetes

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nezumia sclerorhynchus
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
36.0
Depth range
130–3200 m (427–10499 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; non-migratory; depth range 130 - 3200 m, usually 450 - 730 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Atlantic Ocean: North Atlantic south to the northern part of the Gulf of Guinea in the east, into the Mediterranean Sea, and north of Straits of Florida in the west.
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=0.10-0.16; 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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