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Unicorn grenadier

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Kingdom
  
Genus
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Macrouridae

Scientific name
  
Coelorinchus productus

Higher classification
  
Coelorinchus

Order
  
Similar
  
Coelorinchus, Hawknose grenadier, Grenadiers

The unicorn grenadier, Coelorinchus productus, is a species of rattail. This fish is found at depths of up to 600 m in the waters around northern Taiwan, southern Japan and the East China Sea.

This fish grows to a length of about 31 cm and is generally brown above, silvery below, with blackish fins and mouth and gill cavities. It can be distinguished from its congeners by its fairly long, pointed snout, teeth restricted to the central premaxilla and by only having a small ventral bioluminescent organ.

References

Unicorn grenadier Wikipedia


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