| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails), subfamily: Macrourinae |
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| Order: | Gadiformes (cods) | |||
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |||
| In this site name: | Bulbous rattail | |||
| Max. size: | 60.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 11953) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 840 – 1200 m | |||
| Climate: | deep-water | |||
| Importance: | ||||
| Resilience: | Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) | |||
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Distribution:
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Western Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. | |||
| Morphology: | No enlarged scutes at snout tip; suborbital ridge not developed; underside of snout narrowly naked along upper lip; 1-2 scales on branchiostegal membrane; ventral light organ very large (Ref. 13608). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| Red List Status: | Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073) | |||
| Dangerous: | harmless | |||
| Coordinator: | Iwamoto, Tomio | |||
