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Coelorinchus longissimus Matsubara, 1943 |
| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
| Max. size: | 36 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and Taiwan. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Head large, about as wide as deep, usually longer than 1/4 total length of body. Orbit oval, moderate in size. Sensory canals on head spacious. Mouth small, entirely inferior. Teeth conical. Scales nearly hexangular, thin and rather deciduous; spinules weak, slender, in 6-14 divergent rows. A large, naked area present dorsally behind anterolateral margin of snout. Nasal fossa largely naked. Luminous organ long, superficial blackish streak about as long as head exclusive of snout; anterior photophore fossa-like, but scaled (Ref. 54421). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||