Coelorinchus kamoharai Matsubara, 1943 Kamohara grenadier |
photo by
Shao, K.T. |
Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
Max. size: | 28 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 220 - 400 m, non-migratory | |||
Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: southern Japan, south to Taiwan. | |||
Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Snout long and sharply pointed. Head ridges not strongly developed. Scales thin, deciduous; the spinules on the body scales short, broad-based, widely spaced, arranged in quincunx order. Color is light brown, with irregular blotching or mottling on the back and upper sides; the belly silvery; median nasal process black; the mouth and gill cavities whitish; the fins dusky or punctate; the first dorsal fin blackish. | |||
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IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless | |||
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