Thumb grenadier (Nezumia pulchella)

Scientific name: Nezumia pulchella Peque?o, 1971

Thumb grenadier (Nezumia pulchella)

The Thumb grenadier (Nezumia pulchella) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Native range: Southeast Pacific, northern Peru to central Chile.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Snout rather narrow, bluntly pointed; terminal scute well-developed; ventral surface of the upper leading margin of the snout, underside of suborbital, mandible, lower edge of the preopercle and gill membranes without scales. Pyloric caeca 23 to 31. Body scales densely covered with conical spinules arranged in parallel to slightly converging rows. Overall color swarthy to medium brown, blackish ventrally, with bluish tinge over the abdomen; oral and gill cavities generally pale but blackish around margin of latter; fins dusky to blackish, first dorsal fin darker distally.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Nezumia pulchella
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Depth range
250–960 m (820–3150 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 250 - 960 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Southeast Pacific: northern Peru to central Chile.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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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