Macrouridae

Thorntooth grenadier

Lepidorhynchus denticulatus

Macrourid Fish of the Eastern Indian Ocean

• Southern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Large

The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus, is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 20 and 55 cm.