Smooth grenadier (Nezumia liolepis)

Scientific name: Nezumia liolepis Gilbert, 1890

Smooth grenadier (Nezumia liolepis)

The Smooth grenadier (Nezumia liolepis) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, off the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Snout narrow, bluntly rounded, almost entirely bare, with a small inconspicuous scute at its tip. Suborbital ridge rounded and shallow in cross section, without scute-like scales. Cephalic pores of the lateralis system indistinct, but sensory papillae densely dispersed over the head. Pyloric caeca 25 to 37. Body scales small, easily shed, mostly without spinules, but some with slanting conical spinules. Overall color is Grayish brown with violet tinged; abdominal region, gill membranes and gill cover blackish; oral and branchial cavities and fins dusky to blackish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nezumia liolepis
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Depth range
768–1660 m (2520–5446 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 768 - 1660 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: off the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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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