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Macrouridae
glasshead grenadier
Hymenocephalus italicus
Twenty Five Centimeters Macrourid Fish from the Western Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- South Asia
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
MediumThe glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cods and Hakes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Hymenocephalus
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Widespread: common in the tropical western Atlantic; Eastern Atlantic: from Portugal to Angola), the Mediterranean. Western Indian Ocean: off southern Somalia to Zanzibar, off Mozambique to Durban, along the Mascarene Ridge and off Maldives (Ref. 98298 ); including Gulf of Aden and Zanzibar (Ref. 26165 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
