Common Atlantic grenadier

The common Atlantic grenadier (Nezumia aequalis) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.[3][4][5][6]

Common Atlantic grenadier
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Nezumia
Species:
N. aequalis
Binomial name
Nezumia aequalis
(Günther, 1878)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878
  • Coryphaenoides serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Lionurus aequalis Günther, 1878
  • Macrourus serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Macruroplus serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Macrurus aequalis Günther, 1878
  • Macrurus serratus Lowe, 1843
  • Macrurus smiliophorus Vaillant, 1888
  • Nezumia hildebrandi Parr, 1946

Description
Nezumia aequalis next to a ballpoint pen

The common Atlantic grenadier is blue-violet in colour, with silvery and black areas. Its maximum length is 36 centimetres (14 in). It has 2 dorsal spines and its spinules are lanceolate or shield-shaped.[7] Its head, snout and chin barbel are short.[8][9]

Habitat

The common Atlantic grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean;[10] it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 200–2,320 m (660–7,610 ft).[11]

Behaviour

The common Atlantic grenadier feeds on mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms.[8][12]

References
  1. Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (May 21, 2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Nezumia aequalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  4. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
  5. "Fishery Bulletin". National Marine Fisheries Service. August 18, 1977 – via Google Books.
  6. Priede, Imants G. (10 August 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes. ISBN 9781316033456.
  7. Cohen, Daniel M.; Ebeling, Alfred W.; Iwamoto, Tomio; McDowell, Samuel B.; Marshall, N. B.; Rosen, Donn E.; Sonoda, Pearl; III, Walter H. Weed; Woods, Loren P. (October 23, 2018). Orders Heteromi (Notacanthiformes), Berycomorphi (Beryciformes), Xenoberyces (Stephanoberyciformes), Anacanthini (Gadiformes): Part 6. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789293 – via Google Books.
  8. "Nezumia aequalis, Common Atlantic grenadier : fisheries". fishbase.mnhn.fr.
  9. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Smooth grenadier - Nezumia aequalis". species-identification.org.
  10. Shotton, Ross (August 18, 2006). Deep Sea 2003: Conference reports. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251054024 – via Google Books.
  11. "Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883". www.gbif.org.
  12. Morgan, M. D. (December 6, 2012). Ecology of Mysidacea. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789400980129 – via Google Books.

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