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Coelorinchus longicephalus Okamura, 1982 Longhead grenadier |
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photo by
FAO |
| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
| Max. size: | 89 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 336 - 700 m, non-migratory | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: Kyushu-Palau Ridge (Philippine Sea). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Head large; eyes large; snout long, moderately pointed. Light organ small, apparent externally as a narrow blackish streak extending anteriorly from the anus to about midway between the pelvic insertions and the anal fin origin. Overall color is brown, bluish over trunk, with 5 or 6 broad saddle marks extending below the lateral line; the fins blackish, except for the whitish base and tip of the first dorsal fin; the mouth is bluish gray, the gill cavities black. | |||
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| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||