Blackspotted grenadier

The blackspotted grenadier or blackspot rattail, Lucigadus nigromaculatus, is a rattail, one of seven in the genus Lucigadus. It is found around southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, at depths of between 400 and 1,400 m. This species length is between 15 and 30 cm.

Blackspotted grenadier
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Lucigadus
Species:
L. nigromaculatus
Binomial name
Lucigadus nigromaculatus
(McCulloch, 1907)

References

    • "Lucigadus nigromaculatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
    • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Lucigadus nigromaculatus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
    • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8


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