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Macrourus carinatus (Ridgescale whiptail; Ridge scaled rattail; Grenadier)

Synonyms: Coryphaenoides carinatus; Macrurus carinatus
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The ridge scaled rattail, Macrourus carinatus, is a rattail of the genus Macrourus, found in the Great Southern Ocean at depths of between 200 and 1,200 m. Its length is between 30 and 65 cm, although Fishbase records lengths up to 1 m.
View Wikipedia Record: Macrourus carinatus

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  19 years

Prey / Diet

Neognathophausia gigas[2]
Thysanoessa gregaria[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Allothunnus fallai (Tuna)1
Electrona paucirastra (Belted lanternfish)1
Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale)1
Micromesistius australis (Southern poutassou)1

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Pakhomov, E.A. and Bushula, T. and Kaehler, S. and Watkins, B.P. and Leslie, R.W. (2006) Structure and distribution of the slope fish community in the vicinity of the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Archipelago. Journal of Fish Biology, 68 (6). pp. 1834-1866
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0