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Coelorinchus kamoharai Matsubara, 1943 Kamohara grenadier |
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photo by
Shao, K.T. |
| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
| Max. size: | 28 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 220 - 400 m, non-migratory | |||
| Distribution: | Northwest Pacific: southern Japan, south to Taiwan. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Snout long and sharply pointed. Head ridges not strongly developed. Scales thin, deciduous; the spinules on the body scales short, broad-based, widely spaced, arranged in quincunx order. Color is light brown, with irregular blotching or mottling on the back and upper sides; the belly silvery; median nasal process black; the mouth and gill cavities whitish; the fins dusky or punctate; the first dorsal fin blackish. | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||