Nezumia suilla
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Gadiformes (Cod, Hakes and others)
Macrouridae (Grenadiers)
Nezumia
Nezumia suilla
Description
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Characters
Elongate and attenuated body; acute snout; relatively slender body; snout of moderate length and slightly produced; jaws subterminal, relatively short, and failing to reach posterior margin of orbits; head length 15% to 20% of TL; snout length 28% to 32%, orbit 29% to 34%, premaxilla length 26% to 29%, chin barbel 8% to 21%, and body depth at first dorsal fin origin 73% to 81% of head length; jaws with band of small teeth, outer row of premaxilla enlarged; first gill slit greatly restricted; gill rakers tuberculate, 7 to 9 on first arch; branchiostegal rays 7; pectoral fin with 19 to 22 rays; first dorsal fin with 11 to 13 rays, first splintlike and second serrated and spinous; second dorsal fin distinctly separated from first, with shorter rays than anal fin; pelvic fin with 7 rays; abdomen with small naked black area between pelvic fin bases; scales covered with moderately broad to broad spinules; head covered with scales except for ventral side of snout, and gular and branchiostegal membranes; snout with median and lateral scutelike scales; row of stout, scutelike scales from angle of snout to preoperculum forming ridge; swim bladder with two retia mirabilia
Brown, with ventral side of head and gill covers darker; abdomen bluish; pelvic fin, periproct, and gular and branchiostegal membranes blackish
Distribution
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Western Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, off northern coast of South America to Suriname; depth range 900 to 1,500 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 350 mm TL
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-09. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Marshall and Iwamoto 1973
Uyeno et al. 1983
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.
Eschmeyer, W.N. (1997) PISCES. Eschmeyer's PISCES database as published on the Internet in June 1997, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7.
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p.
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