Nezumia namatahi

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• Description
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Overview

Family : Grenadiers or rattails ; Found on the continental slope . Only known from a few specimens.

Common Names

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Description

Family Macrouridae

Distribution: Arctic to Antarctic , in deep water . Body attenuated posteriorly. Anal fin and second dorsal confluent with tail, which tapers to a sharp point . True fin spines lacking. Leading dorsal fin ray may be spinous. Usually with chin barbel . Pelvic fin insertion more or less thoracic . Pelvic fin rays 5-17; lacking in Macrouroides. No caudal fin, except in one species. Scales small. Light organ , if present, underneath skin along midline of abdomen with opening just before anus. Branchiostegal rays 6-8. Abdominal vertebrae 10-16. Maximum length usually 0.8 m. Mostly benthopelagic, occurring from 200-2000 m .The family Macrouridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Gadiformes. It contains 38 genera and 285 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the upper Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, makros = great + Greek, oura = tail

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,898 meters (0 to -16,070 feet).Mean = -1,017.560 meters (-3,338.451 feet), Standard Deviation = 840.670 based on 506 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Saltwater . Bathydemersal .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Iwamoto T.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Nezumia

There are approximately 65 species in this genus:

N. aequalis · N. semiquincunciata · N. aequalis (Common Atlantic Grenadier) · N. africana · N. aqualis · N. aspidentata · N. atlantica (Western Atlantic Grenadier) · N. bairdi · N. bairdii (Marlin-Spike Grenadier) · N. barbiger · N. brevibarbata (Shortbeard Grenadier) · N. brevirostris · N. bulbonis · N. burragei · N. cliveri · N. coheni · N. condylura (Japanese Pugnose Grenadier) · N. convergens (Peruvian Grenadier) · N. cyrano · N. duodecim (Twelve-Rayed Grenadier) · N. ectenes · N. evidens · N. evides · N. hildebrandi · N. holocentra · N. infranudis · N. investigatoris · N. kamoharai · N. kapala · N. kensmithi (Blunt-Nosed Grenadier) · N. latirostrata (Broadsnout Grenadier) · N. latirostris · N. leucoura · N. liolepis (Smooth Grenadier) · N. longebarbata (Bluntnose Grenadier) · N. longebarbis · N. longibarbata · N. loricata (Parrot Grenadier) · N. loricata atomos (Parrot Grenadier) · N. merretti · N. micronychodon (Smalltooth Grenadier) · N. milleri (Miller's Grenadier) · N. namatahi (Squashed Face Rattail) · N. obliquata · N. orbitalis (Spectacled Grenadier) · N. parini (Parin's Grenadier) · N. polylepis · N. propinqua (Kaiwi Channel Grenadier) · N. proxima (Short-Tail Grenadier) · N. pudens (Atacama Grenadier) · N. pulchella (Thumb Grenadier) · N. sclerorhynchus (Bluntsnout Grenadier) · N. semiquincunciata · N. soela · N. spinosa · N. stelgidolepis (California Grenadier) · N. stelgidolepsis · N. suilla · N. suillus · N. tinro · N. toi · N. tomiyamai · N. umbracincta · N. ventralis · N. wularnia

More Info

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Further Reading

• Cohen, Daniel M., Tadashi Inada, Tomio Iwamoto, and Nadia Scialabba 1990. Gadiform Fishes of the World (Order Gadiformes): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. x + 442. ISBN: 92-5-102890-7.
• Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan (1989). New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series No. 19. 279 p.
• Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley (1989). Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 20, 2007.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Iwamoto, Tomio (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset (South Western Pacific OBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data provider for the NIWA Marine Biodata Information System
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3857872
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-114163
• Fishbase Species ID: 46978
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13549108
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 550777
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118120

Footnotes

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