Coelorinchus kamoharai Matsubara, 1943
Kamohara grenadier
photo by Shao, K.T.

Family:  Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Max. size:  28 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 220 - 400 m, non-migratory
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: southern Japan, south to Taiwan.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Anal spines: 0-0. Snout long and sharply pointed. Head ridges not strongly developed. Scales thin, deciduous; the spinules on the body scales short, broad-based, widely spaced, arranged in quincunx order. Color is light brown, with irregular blotching or mottling on the back and upper sides; the belly silvery; median nasal process black; the mouth and gill cavities whitish; the fins dusky or punctate; the first dorsal fin blackish.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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