Macrourus whitsoni, Whitson's grenadier : fisheries

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Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913)

Whitson's grenadier
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Macrourus: Greek, makroura = great tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Regan.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 400 - 3185 m (Ref. 1371), usually 600 - 1500 m (Ref. 1371). Deep-water; 47°S - 79°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 1371)

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Southern Ocean: Circumpolar (generally confined inside the Convergence except in the Falkland Islands area).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 84.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124151); max. published weight: 5.1 kg (Ref. 124151)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 124-125; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 110. Eyes relatively large. Snout short, moderately pointed, usually somewhat rounded with a high dorsal profile in adults, but often with prominent tubercles at its tip and lateral angles. Mouth large, lips thin. Underside of the head generally covered with small scales. Pyloric caeca 18 to 28. Overall color dark brown to swarthy in most individuals, but some are much paler; fins and lips blackish (Ref. 1371).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Remains of natant crustaceans (especially euphausiids), polychaetes, and fish (gonostomatids) have been found in the stomachs of three specimens examined.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Iwamoto, Tomio | Collaborators

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)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -0.1 - 1.4, mean 0.6 °C (based on 598 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00200 (0.00120 - 0.00331), b=3.21 (3.06 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.49 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 20.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High vulnerability (65 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 21.3 [6.7, 49.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.311 [0.139, 0.894] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [14.9, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.044, 0.283] g/100g; Selenium = 25.4 [8.2, 68.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.1 [3.5, 217.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.472 [0.256, 0.945] mg/100g (wet weight);