Smalltooth grenadier (Nezumia micronychodon)

Scientific name: Nezumia micronychodon Iwamoto, 1970

Smalltooth grenadier (Nezumia micronychodon)

The Smalltooth grenadier (Nezumia micronychodon) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Native range: Eastern Central Atlantic, Western Sahara south to Angola.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 140-141. Head large; eyes also large; snout short, narrow, bluntly acute, with a small bifid scute at its tip. Head completely scaled except for underside of snout. Body tapering to a point posteriorly from behind the origin of the first dorsal fin base. Pyloric caeca 20. Spinules on scales broad, shield-shaped. Overall color is brownish to swarthy; trunk bluish to violet; fins blackish; mouth and gill cavities gray to blackish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nezumia micronychodon
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
34.0
Depth range
366–1620 m (1201–5315 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 366 - 1620 m, usually 500 - 600 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Central Atlantic: Western Sahara south to Angola.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 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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