Shoulderspot Grenadier

Body tapering to a point posteriorly from behind the origin of the first dorsal fin. Head large; the eyes also large; the snout relatively short, its antero-lateral margin incompletely supported by bone, its terminal scute broad, blunt. Head ridges strong but not especially spiny; the underside of the snout, the ventral margins on the suborbital and mandible naked. Light organ large, lens-shaped. Overall color swarthy to grayish; the fins dusky to black; the mouth pallid; the gill cavity blackish, paler inwardly (Ref. 1371). A large, black, naked fossa midventrally on chest; anus at origin of the anal fin. Smooth second dorsal spine at all sizes (Ref. 26798). Branchiostegal rays: 6-6 (Ref. 36385).

Oviparous (Ref. 36385).

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 79; Analspines: 0

Stomach contents reveal the ingestion of shrimps and other crustaceans (Ref. 9315).

Stomach contents reveal the ingestion of shrimps and other crustaceans (Ref. 9315). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36385).

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family