Roundhead grenadier

Odontomacrurus murrayi

Fish Reaching Sixty Four Centimeters in New Zealand Waters

Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
Elongated
Large

Odontomacrurus murrayi, the roundhead grenadier, is a bathypelagic or mesopelagic species of rattail. The fish is widespread in the mid-waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from north of the Azores to South Africa. It also occurs in the Indian Ocean and in the southwest Pacific.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Odontomacrurus
Maximum length: 64 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: Eastern Atlantic: Azores (Ref. 3857 ) and Madeira south to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Indo-West Pacific: Africa to South China Sea, Australia and New Zealand.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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