Blackspot rattail

The blackspotted grenadier or blackspot rattail, Lucigadus nigromaculatus, is a rattail of the genus Lucigadus, found around southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, at depths of between 400 and 1,400 m.

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The Blackspot rattail lives in the bathydemersal, non-migratory, marine, depth range 200 - 1463 m , usually 400 - 800 m environment.

Nothing known about the Blackspot rattail

Common names

Black-spotted whiptail in English
Blackspot rattail in English
Blackspot whiptail in English
blackspotted grenadier in English
Chiri-kosokodara in Japanese (日本語)
Granadero in Spanish (español)
黑斑凹腹鱈 in Mandarin Chinese
黑斑凹腹鳕 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Gadiformes
Family : Macrouridae
Genus : Lucigadus
Species : Lucigadus nigromaculatus
Authority : McCulloch, 1907

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Blackspot rattail (Lucigadus nigromaculatus)