Glasshead grenadier

Glasshead grenadier
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Hymenocephalus
Species:
H. italicus
Binomial name
Hymenocephalus italicus
(Giglioli, 1884)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bathygadus cavernosus Goode & Bean, 1885
  • Himenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884
  • Hymenocephalus (Hymenocephalus) italicus Giglioli, 1884
  • Hymenocephalus cavernosus Goode & Bean, 1885
  • Macrurus cavernosus Goode & Bean, 1886
  • Macrurus italicus Giglioli, 1884

The glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.[3][4][5][6]

Description

Diagram

The glasshead grenadier has a measurement of up to 25 cm (9.8 in). Its snout is obtuse and projects slightly beyond the mouth. Its barbel is small, and its scales are thin, deciduous, spiny and large.[7]

Habitat

The glasshead grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean;[8] it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).[9]

Behaviour

The glasshead grenadier feeds on pelagic copepods, euphausiids and gammarid amphipods, shrimp, ostracods, cumaceans and other small crustaceans.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Hymenocephalus italicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198596A15574311. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198596A15574311.en. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ^ WoRMS. "Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884". World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ "ITIS - Report: Hymenocephalus italicus". www.itis.gov.
  4. ^ "Fisheries Review". Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. September 29, 1994 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Cohen, Daniel M.; Ebeling, Alfred W.; Iwamoto, Tomio; McDowell, Samuel B.; Marshall, N. B.; Rosen, Donn E.; Sonoda, Pearl; III, Walter H. Weed; Woods, Loren P. (October 23, 2018). Orders Heteromi (Notacanthiformes), Berycomorphi (Beryciformes), Xenoberyces (Stephanoberyciformes), Anacanthini (Gadiformes): Part 6. Yale University Press. ISBN 9781933789293 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Richards, William J. (August 8, 2005). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Two Volume Set. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203500217 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Goode, George Brown (September 29, 1895). "Oceanic Ichthyology: A Treatise on the Deep-sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, Based Chiefly Upon the Collections Made by the Steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the Northwestern Atlantic, with an Atlas Containing 417 Figures". Smithsonian institution – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Hymenocephalus italicus | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.
  9. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hymenocephalus italicus (Giglioli, 1884) | Glasshead grenadier". FishBase.
  10. ^ Fanelli, Emanuela; Cartes, Joan (2010). "Temporal variations in the feeding habits and trophic levels of three deep-sea demersal fishes from the western Mediterranean Sea, based on stomach contents and stable isotope analyses". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 402: 213–232. Bibcode:2010MEPS..402..213F. doi:10.3354/meps08421. hdl:10261/80832.


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