Aconcagua grenadier

Facts

Scientific name:

Coelorinchus aconcagua

Biology:

Feeds on copepods, pagurid and brachyurid crabs, and shrimp-like crustaceans.

IUCN Red List Status:

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans:

Harmless

Photos & Description

Source:

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Short description:

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines : 0. Head large; eyes large; snout short and bluntly pointed. Body elongated, tapering abruptly from the first dorsal-fin base. Light organ rather short, extending in front of the anus within the body wall as a flattened, elongate diverticulum falling well short of the pelvic fin bases. Scales rather large and deciduous. Color is brownish to swarthy; the trunk bluish to violet; the fins dusky to blackish. A prominent blackish area behind the pectoral fin bases. The mouth and gill cavities pale.

Size / Weight / Age:

Maturity: L m &nbsp ? &nbsp range ? - ? cm Max length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed;