Common names from other countries

Grenadier de Patagonie, Merluza de cola, Макруронус американский, ... more

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> Gadiformes (Cods) > Macruronidae (Blue grenadiers)
Etymology: Macruronus: Greek, makros = great + Greek, onos = hake.
More on author: Lönnberg.

Issue
This species is synonym of Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jan. 2012: Ref. 89336). Waiting for more confirmation. Please send references or more studies are needed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino bentopelágico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 30 - 500 m (Ref. 1371). Subtropical; 34°S - 60°S, 79°W - 52°W (Ref. 1371)

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Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: off southern Chile and Argentina.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 54 - ? cm
Max length : 115 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7063); common length : 80.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 1371); peso máximo publicado: 5.0 kg (Ref. 1371); edad máxima reportada: 19 años (Ref. 122851)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 100-113; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 83 - 90. Dorsal part of body purplish blue, belly silvery with a slight bluish tinge; small melanophores scattered on fin membrane of dorsal and anal fins; inside of mouth blackish (Ref. 1371).

Schooling species which are concentrated on the outer part of the continental shelf (Ref. 1371). Feeds mainly on fish (herring, anchovies, lantern fishes), also on mysids, cephalopods, euphausiids and amphipods (Ref. 1371). Migrates southward in spring and summer and northward in winter (Ref. 1371). Utilized fresh, frozen and for fishmeal (Ref. 1371).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907