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Common Atlantic grenadier

The common Atlantic grenadier is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.

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Common Atlantic grenadier
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Nezumia
Species:
N. aequalis
Binomial name
Nezumia aequalis
(Günther, 1878)
Synonyms2
  • Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878
  • Coryphaenoides serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Lionurus aequalis Günther, 1878
  • Macrourus serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Macruroplus serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Macrurus aequalis Günther, 1878
  • Macrurus serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Macrurus smiliophorus Vaillant, 1888
  • Nezumia hildebrandi Parr, 1946

The common Atlantic grenadier (Nezumia aequalis) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.3456

Description

Nezumia aequalis next to a ballpoint pen source ↗

The common Atlantic grenadier is blue-violet in colour, with silvery and black areas. Its maximum length is 36 centimetres (14 in). It has 2 dorsal spines and its spinules are lanceolate or shield-shaped.7 Its head, snout and chin barbel are short.89

Habitat

The common Atlantic grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean;10 it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 200–2,320 m (660–7,610 ft).11

Behaviour

The common Atlantic grenadier feeds on mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms.812

References

References

  1. Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (May 21, 2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Nezumia aequalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  4. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
  5. "Fishery Bulletin". National Marine Fisheries Service. August 18, 1977 – via Google Books.
  6. Priede, Imants G. (10 August 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes. ISBN 9781316033456.
  7. Cohen, Daniel M.; Ebeling, Alfred W.; Iwamoto, Tomio; McDowell, Samuel B.; Marshall, N. B.; Rosen, Donn E.; Sonoda, Pearl; III, Walter H. Weed; Woods, Loren P. (October 23, 2018). Orders Heteromi (Notacanthiformes), Berycomorphi (Beryciformes), Xenoberyces (Stephanoberyciformes), Anacanthini (Gadiformes): Part 6. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789293 – via Google Books.
  8. "Nezumia aequalis, Common Atlantic grenadier : fisheries". fishbase.mnhn.fr.
  9. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Smooth grenadier - Nezumia aequalis". species-identification.org.
  10. Shotton, Ross (August 18, 2006). Deep Sea 2003: Conference reports. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251054024 – via Google Books.
  11. "Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883". www.gbif.org.
  12. Morgan, M. D. (December 6, 2012). Ecology of Mysidacea. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789400980129 – via Google Books.

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