Common Atlantic grenadier
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Genus: | Nezumia |
| Species: | N. aequalis
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| Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)
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The common Atlantic grenadier (Nezumia aequalis) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.[3][4][5][6]
Description[edit]
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The common Atlantic grenadier is blue-violet in colour, with silvery and black areas. Its maximum length is 36 centimetres (14 in). It has 2 dorsal spines and its spinules are lanceolate or shield-shaped.[7] Its head, snout and chin barbel are short.[8][9]
Habitat[edit]
The common Atlantic grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean;[10] it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 200–2,320 m (660–7,610 ft).[11]
Behaviour[edit]
The common Atlantic grenadier feeds on mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms.[8][12]
References[edit]
- ^ Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (May 21, 2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Nezumia aequalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
- ^ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Fishery Bulletin". National Marine Fisheries Service. August 18, 1977 – via Google Books.
- ^ Priede, Imants G. (10 August 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes. ISBN 9781316033456.
- ^ Cohen, Daniel M.; Ebeling, Alfred W.; Iwamoto, Tomio; McDowell, Samuel B.; Marshall, N. B.; Rosen, Donn E.; Sonoda, Pearl; III, Walter H. Weed; Woods, Loren P. (October 23, 2018). Orders Heteromi (Notacanthiformes), Berycomorphi (Beryciformes), Xenoberyces (Stephanoberyciformes), Anacanthini (Gadiformes): Part 6. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789293 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Nezumia aequalis, Common Atlantic grenadier : fisheries". fishbase.mnhn.fr.
- ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Smooth grenadier - Nezumia aequalis". species-identification.org.
- ^ Shotton, Ross (August 18, 2006). Deep Sea 2003: Conference reports. Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251054024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883". www.gbif.org.
- ^ Morgan, M. D. (December 6, 2012). Ecology of Mysidacea. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789400980129 – via Google Books.
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