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Ridge Scaled Rattail

Macrourus carinatus (Günther 1878)

Diagnostic Description

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Head short, its underside moderately to extensively scaled, but sometimes only a file or narrow band of small scales is present below the suborbital and preopercular ridges and posteriorly on lower jaw. Eyes relatively large. Snout short, moderately pointed, with small naked patches on dorsal surface behind leading edges. Pyloric caeca 13 to 21. Overall color is medium brown to somewhat straw color; fins darker, blackish in some; the dorsal and pelvic fins darker distally; oral cavity lining dark gray or brown.
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0
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Trophic Strategy

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A benthic species found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154)
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Biology

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A benthic species found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). This species is being imported and sold to the United States by the Argentines under the name grenadero (Ref. 5171).
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Importance

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fisheries: commercial
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Ridge scaled rattail

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The ridge scaled rattail[2] or ridge-scaled grenadier,[3] Macrourus carinatus, is a species of deep-water fish in the family Macrouridae.[1][2] It has southern circumglobal distribution in temperate to subantarctic waters (34°S–65°S) and is found in the Southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and in the Southern Ocean[1][2] at depths of about 200–1,200 m (660–3,940 ft).[2]

Description and life history

Macrourus carinatus can reach 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in total length[2][3] and about 36 cm (14 in) in pre-anal length.[3] The eyes are relatively large. The snout is short and moderately pointed. Coloration is medium brown to somewhat straw color, with darker, sometimes even blackish fins.[2]

In the waters of the Falkland Islands, females reach 50% maturity at 21 cm (8.3 in) pre-anal length and 14 years of age. Males reach 50% maturity at 16 cm (6.3 in) pre-anal length and 12 years of age. Spawning occurs throughout the year but peaks during the austral autumn (April–July). Females also have a larger asymptotic pre-anal length than males, 31 and 25 cm (12.2 and 9.8 in), respectively. Maximum recorded age is 53 years.[3]

Fisheries

Macrourus carinatus is a commercial fishery species.[2][3] Targeted fishery along the Patagonian continental slope reached a peak of 50,000 tonnes in 1988 but declined precipitously thereafter. At present, it is treated as a by-catch species that is not allowed to exceed 10% of daily catches in weight.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macrourus carinatus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Macrourus carinatus" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Lee, Brendon; Cockroft, Kate; Arkhipkin, Alexander I.; Wing, Stephen R. & Randhawa, Haseeb S. (2019). "Age, growth and mortality estimates for the ridge-scaled grenadier Macrourus carinatus (Günther, 1878) in the south-western Atlantic". Fisheries Research. 218: 174–185. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2019.05.012. S2CID 190880646.
  • 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
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Ridge scaled rattail: Brief Summary

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The ridge scaled rattail or ridge-scaled grenadier, Macrourus carinatus, is a species of deep-water fish in the family Macrouridae. It has southern circumglobal distribution in temperate to subantarctic waters (34°S–65°S) and is found in the Southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and in the Southern Ocean at depths of about 200–1,200 m (660–3,940 ft).

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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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