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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) > Macrourinae
Etymology: Kuronezumia: Japanese, kuronezumia = black mouse or rat. Personnal communication of Tomio I. Curator in the Calif. Academy of Sciences, Ichthyology..
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 585 - 1300 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water, preferred ?
Western Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11953)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
No enlarged scutes at snout tip; suborbital ridge not developed; underside of snout narrowly naked along upper lip; 1-2 scales on branchiostegal membrane; ventral light organ very large (Ref. 13608).
A benthic species found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Iwamoto, T. and E. Anderson, 1994. Review of the grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes) of southern Africa, with descriptions of four new species. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (61):1-28. (Ref. 11953)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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