| Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails), subfamily: Bathygadinae |
| 30 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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bathypelagic; depth range 630 - 2165 m |
| Atlantic Ocean: Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea, off Mauritania, Canary Islands, off Portugal, Morocco, and Azores. Western Atlantic: off the east coast of Florida, Straits of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Reported off the Guianas (Ref. 13608). |
|
Brownish in color. Mouth and gill chamber dark brown to black. Dark median stripe on the gill lamellae (Ref. 37108). |
| Feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 6187). |
|
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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