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Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907

Patagonian grenadier
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Chile country information

Common names: Colihuasca, Huaica, Hualca
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off southern Chile, from Chiloe I. to the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego (Ref. 1371, 27363). Also Ref. 8984, 56050.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Grenadier de Patagonie, Merluza de cola, Макруронус американский, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macruronidae (Blue grenadiers)
Etymology: Macruronus: Greek, makros = great + Greek, onos = hake.
  More on author: Lönnberg.

Issue
This species is synonym of Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jan. 2012: Ref. 89336). Waiting for more confirmation. Please send references or more studies are needed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 30 - 500 m (Ref. 1371).   Subtropical; 34°S - 60°S, 79°W - 52°W (Ref. 1371)

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