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Coelorinchus nazcaensis Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992 |
| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
| Max. size: | 40 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathypelagic; marine; depth range 225 - 530 m | |||
| Distribution: | Southeast Pacific: known only from type specimens taken from the Nazca Ridge. | |||
| Diagnosis: | ||||
| Biology: | Feeds on pelagic food items including shrimps (Gennadas, Sergestes, Plesionika), the mysid Paralophogaster glaber, the copepod Pleuromamma, squid, and fish (Chauliodus sp., Lampanyctus sp., and Myctophidae gen., sp. (Ref. 9949). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||