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Coelorinchus brevirostris Okamura, 1984 |
| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
| Max. size: | 21.6 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; marine; depth range 400 - 600 m | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: southern Okinawa and the northeastern coast of Taiwan. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Body terete; snout shallow, dorsoventrally depressed, terminal scute small; anterolateral snout margin incompletely supported by bone; diameter of orbit slightly greater than interorbital width; mouth small, upper jaw about 21% of HL; underside of head naked; nasal fossa scaled; a naked groove along each side of median nasal ridge; body scales covered with divergent rows of sharp spinules, the posteriormost spinules largest; second dorsal fin high; the second spinous ray of first dorsal fin prolonged, about 1.3 times HL; body without prominent markings (Ref. 55093). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||