ridge scaled rattail

Macrourus carinatus

One Hundred Centimeters Macrourid Fish from the South African Coast

Temperate
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Polar regions
South America
Elongated
Large

The ridge scaled rattail or ridge-scaled grenadier, Macrourus carinatus, is a species of deep-water fish in the family Macrouridae. It has southern circumglobal distribution in temperate to subantarctic waters (34°S–65°S) and is found in the Southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and in the Southern Ocean at depths of about 200–1,200 m (660–3,940 ft).

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Macrourus
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: Subantarctic to temperate waters on both sides of South America, Falkland Islands, Discovery Tablemount and Meteor Seamount, South Africa, off Crozet and Prince Edward Islands, and off New Zealand and Macquarie Island.

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