bigeye grenadier

Macrourus holotrachys

Eighty Centimeters Macrourid Fish

bigeye grenadier is a marine fish found around Southwest Atlantic. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 80 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Macrourus
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southwest Atlantic: so far known only from the Patagonian slope from east of the Rio de la Plata to north of the Falkland Islands and off Shag Rock west of South Georgia. It can be expected also on the west coast of Chile, but its presence there, as well as in other regions where it has been reported must be confirmed.

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