Largefang Whiptail
Odontomacrurus murrayi
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
Odontomacrurus murrayi, the roundhead grenadier, is a bathypelagic or mesopelagic species of rattail. The fish is widespread in the mid-waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from north of the Azores to South Africa. It also occurs in the Indian Ocean and in the southwest Pacific. This species grows to a length of 64 centimetres (25 in) TL. The remains of fish have been sampled from the stomach contents of specimens. This species is the only member of its genus.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Odontomacrurus