roughsnout rat-tail

Trachyrincus scabrus

Fish Reaching Sixty Centimeters in the South African Coast

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Elongated
Large

Trachyrincus scabrus, the roughsnout grenadier or Mediterranean longsnout grenadier, is a species of bathydemersal marine fish from the subfamily Trachyrincinae, part of the family Macrouridae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Trachyrincus
Maximum length: 60 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Irish slope to Cape Verde, including the Mediterranean. Occurrence in southern Africa is based only on specimens from off Namibia and not 'west coast of South Africa' as reported by Iwamoto 1986 (Ref. 2800 in FishBase) (Ref. 11953 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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