Japanese Pugnose Grenadier | |
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Information | |
Range | Depths of up to 720 m in the waters around southern Japan, northern Taiwan and in the East China Sea. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Gadiformes |
Family | Macrouridae |
Genus | Nezumia |
Species | N. condylura |
The Japanese Pugnose Grenadier, (Nezumia condylura), is a species of rattail fish. It is found at depths of up to 720 m in the waters around southern Japan, northern Taiwan and in the East China Sea.
As the common name suggests, this fish has a very short, blunt snout. It is greyish-brown overall but with a bluish tinge on the abdomen. The margins of the mouth and gills are blackish and the fins are dark. The first dorsal fin has blackish margins and has two spines.