longbeard grenadier

Ventrifossa macropogon

Forty Five Centimeters Macrourid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Elongated
Medium

longbeard grenadier is known around Western Central Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 45 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Ventrifossa
Maximum length: 45 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: off Guyana into the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and in Atlantic off northeastern Florida. Common to the south of the Gulf of Mexico, but relatively rare in the Gulf and Gulf stream.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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