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Big Eye Grenadier

Macrourus holotrachys Günther 1878

Diagnostic Description

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Light to medium brown or greyish brown; fins darker, especially distally; mouth and cavities dark (Ref. 1371).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 124 - 125; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 110
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Importance

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fisheries: minor commercial; price category: low; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus
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Astrid Jarre-Teichmann
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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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