Japanese pugnose grenadier

Japanese pugnose grenadier
Japanese pugnose grenadier
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Nezumia
Species: N. condylura
Binomial name
Nezumia condylura
Jordan & Gilbert, 1904

The Japanese pugnose grenadier (Nezumia condylura) is a species of rattail fish. It is found at depths of up to 720 m in the waters around southern Japan, northern Taiwan and in the East China Sea.

As the common name suggests, this fish has a very short, blunt snout. It is greyish-brown overall but with a bluish tinge on the abdomen. The margins of the mouth and gills are blackish and the fins are dark. The first dorsal fin has blackish margins and has two spines.

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