Biology:Thorntooth grenadier

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Short description: Species of fish

Thorntooth grenadier
Lepidorhynchus denticulatus (Thorntooth grenadier).gif
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Lepidorhynchus
J. Richardson, 1846
Species:
L. denticulatus
Binomial name
Lepidorhynchus denticulatus
J. Richardson, 1846

The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus, is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 20 and 55 cm.

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lepidorhynchus denticulatus" in FishBase. April 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 ☰ Q2717704 entry