| Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) |
| 39.9 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range - 483 m |
| Southwest Pacific: Australia (including Tasmania) and New Zealand. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 2-2. About 11 greyish brown dorsal saddle marks (indistinct posteriorly), commencing predorsally, the fifth saddle noticeably darker (brownish black); a narrow, black stripe of pigmentation running along anal fin near the ventral margin of the fin, indistinct anteriorly and posteriorly, darkest midway along fin; upper two-thirds of first dorsal fin darkly pigmented; ventral surface of head and lower jaw naked; small, oval dermal window of light organ separated from anus by one or two scale rows; orbit oval, large 31.8-43.6% HL; pyloric caeca 2-32 (Ref. 26363). Similar to a number of species (C. mystax, C. bollonsi, C. parvifasciatus, C. fasciatus, and C. cookianus) but may be differentiated from each other based on the pigmentation on the body or fins and in pyloric caeca counts, among other characters (Ref. 26363). |
| A benthic species (Ref. 75154) which inhabits upper slopes (Ref. 26363). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Known from northern (where abundant) and central (where less abundant) New Zealand from from North Cape, Bay of Plenty, Challenger Plateau, eastern Chatham Rise, and the west coast of South Island at depths of 330-928 m. Museum: Bay of Plenty, NMNZ P.7725. Off Northland, NMNZ P.21740. Off North Cape, NMNZ P.22983. Northwest coast of South Island, NMNZ P.22985. In northern waters, it is caught together with Caelorinchus bollonsi, C. parvifasciatus, C. fasciatus, and C. cookianus. Also Ref. 75154. |
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