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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Kumba: Named for the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, whose research vessel Sarsia dredged the type species..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 550 - 710 m (Ref. 11651). Deep-water
Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and southwestern Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11651)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 2. Firm head not inflated; head pores present. Dorsally scaleless snout extend only to the lateral nasal angles. Orbit diameter 36-43% of head length; snout (1.25-1.5) and interorbital (1.4-1.7), much shorter than orbit. Barbel 21-33% HL. ADW and PDW lens-like and widely separated. Three small black pigmented areas near the mid-length of the anal fin base. 40-52 pyloric caeca. 1D II,10 (Ref. 11651).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Iwamoto, T. and Y.I. Sazonov, 1994. Revision of the genus Kumba (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48(11):221-237. (Ref. 11651)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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