Thorntooth grenadier
Encyclopedia
The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus , is a rattail
, the only member of the genus
Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia
and New Zealand
, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 20 to 55 cm.
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
, the only member of the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 20 to 55 cm.