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Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907

Patagonian grenadier
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Macruronus magellanicus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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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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