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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Kuronezumia: Japanese, kuronezumia = black mouse or rat. Personnal communication of Tomio I. Curator in the Calif. Academy of Sciences, Ichthyology.
More on author: Iwamoto.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 585 - 1300 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water
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)
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).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00219 (0.00112 - 0.00429), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (66 of 100). 🛈 |