Japanese pugnose grenadier
The Japanese pugnose grenadier (Nezumia condylura) is a species of rattail fish. It is found at depths of up to 720 m (2362 ft) in the waters around southern Japan, northern Taiwan and in the East China Sea.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
| Genus: | Nezumia |
| Species: | N. condylura |
| Binomial name | |
| Nezumia condylura | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lionurus condylura (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904) | |
As the common name suggests, this fish has a very short, blunt snout. It is greyish-brown overall but with a bluish tinge on the abdomen. The margins of the mouth and gills are blackish and the fins are dark. The first dorsal fin has blackish margins and has two spines.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Nezumia condylura" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- Chiou, Mei-Luen; Kwang-Tsao Shao; Tomio Iwamoto (2004). "A new species, Caelorinchus sheni, and 19 new records of grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 43 (1): 35–50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-11-05.
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