| Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails), subfamily: Macrourinae |
| 14.3 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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bathypelagic; depth range 919 - 1000 m |
| Western Central Pacific: Vanuatu; also recorded from New Caledonia (Ref. 86942). |
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This species is distinguished by the following characters: pelvic fin rays 13-14; pectoral fin rays 13-15; projecting snout 25-30% HL; no barbel; small orbit diameter 25% HL; interorbital width 55% HW; infraorbital width 16-17% HL; preopercular supporter is moderately long and straight, 6% HL; gill rakers 25-26; ventral striae reaching to about ? from pelvic fin bases to periproct; small otolith with rounded outline, no predorsal lobe developed, colliculi separated and reaching close to anterior and posterior rims of otolith; otolith length to height (OL:OH), 1.05; total colliculum length to pseudocolliculum length (TCL:PCL), 2.8 (Ref. 98298). |
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Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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| harmless |
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