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MACROURIDAE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Commercial Fishing
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Grenadier, also called rat-tail or rattail, any of about 300 species of abundant deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae found along the ocean bottom in warm and temperate regions. The typical grenadier is a large-headed fish with a tapered body ending in a long, ratlike tail bordered above and below by the anal and second dorsal fins.

OBS

grenadier: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Pêche commerciale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Poisson de la famille des Macrouridés exploité dans l'Atlantique du nord-ouest.

OBS

grenadier : appellation commerciale normalisée par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
  • Pesca comercial
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

Los macrúridos (Macrouridae) son una familia de peces gadiformes conocidos vulgarmente como granaderos o colas de rata debido a la desproporcionada longitud y forma de esta comparada con la parte delantera del cuerpo.

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