Blackspotted grenadier
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| Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch, 1907) |
The blackspotted grenadier or blackspot rattail, Lucigadus nigromaculatus, is a rattail of the genus Lucigadus, found around southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, at depths of between 400 and 1,400 m. Its length is between 15 to 30 cm.
The blackspotted grenadier has the usual greatly elongated pointed tail of the rattails, as well as large eyes and a hump under the first dorsal fin. The broad rounded snout overhangs a small mouth and there are no obvious bony ridges or spiny scales on the head. Each body scale is covered in rows of long spines and the first pelvic fin ray is elongated.
The colour is dark brown with a blue-black abdomen, black margins to the mouth and gill openings, and a distinct black spot on the first dorsal fin.
[edit] References
- Lucigadus nigromaculatus (TSN 623055). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Lucigadus nigromaculatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
