Vaillant's grenadier (Bathygadus melanobranchus)

Scientific name: Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant, 1888

Vaillant's grenadier (Bathygadus melanobranchus)

The Vaillant's grenadier (Bathygadus melanobranchus) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae.

Biology

This species does not have light organs. The head is large; eyes are large, about equal in diameter to the interorbital space. The snout is blunt with the lower jaw slightly projecting. The body tapers quite abruptly from behind the pectoral fin. Body color is light brown. The fin membranes, branchiostegal membrane, gill chamber and body cavity color is black. Also.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Bathygadus melanobranchus
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
50.0
Depth range
400–2600 m (1312–8530 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 400 - 2600 m, usually 700 - 1400 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Atlantic Ocean: Eastern Atlantic: Ireland to South Africa. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, off Suriname. Often confused with Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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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