Nezumia atlantica
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Gadiformes (Cod, Hakes and others)
Macrouridae (Grenadiers)
Nezumia
Nezumia atlantica
Description
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Characters
Elongate and attenuated body; relatively long snout and upper jaw; snout blunt and slightly produced; jaws subterminal, not extending to posterior margin of orbits; head about 20% of TL; snout length 24-29%, orbit 27-31%, premaxilla length 36-44%, chin barbel 20-29%, body depth at first dorsal fin origin 70-89% of head length; jaws with 3-4 rows of conical teeth, outer row of premaxilla enlarged; first gill slit restricted; 9-11 tuberculate gill rakers; 7 branchiostegal rays; pectoral fin with 19-25 rays; first dorsal fin with 12-15 rays, first ray splintlike, second serrated and spinous; second dorsal fin separated from first, with shorter rays than anal fin; pelvic fin with 9-10 rays; abdomen with small, round naked black area between pelvic fin bases; anus and urogenital openings surrounded by naked black area; scales with broad, flattened spinules; head scaled except for ventral snout and gular and branchiostegal membranes; swim bladder with two retia mirabilia
Brownish black
Distribution
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
366 to 1,097 m depth
Biology
Maximum known size is 450 mm TL
Taken as bycatch of deepwater trawl fishery for royal red shrimp of western central Atlantic.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-09. Resilience: Low (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: minor commercial.
References
Parr 1946a
Marshall and Iwamoto 1973
Uyeno et al. 1983
Cohen et al. 1990
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba (1990) FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p.
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