Biology:Blackspotted grenadier
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Short description: Species of fish
| Blackspotted grenadier | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
| Genus: | Lucigadus |
| Species: | L. nigromaculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch, 1907)
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The blackspotted grenadier or blackspot rattail, Lucigadus nigromaculatus, is a rattail, one of seven in the genus Lucigadus. It is found around southern Australia , New Zealand, and Chile , at depths of between 400 and 1,400 m. This species length is between 15 and 30 cm.
References
- "Lucigadus nigromaculatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=623055. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lucigadus nigromaculatus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2324044 entry
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