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Japanese pugnose grenadier
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Nezumia
Species: N. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. Gadiformes is an order of Ray-finned fish, also called the Anacanthini, that includes the Cod and its allies Grenadiers or rattails (less commonly whiptails) are generally large brown to black Gadiform marine Fish of the family Macrouridae Nezumia is a genus of Rattails of the family Macrouridae. Species Common Atlantic grenadier, condylura
Binomial name
Nezumia condylura
Jordan & Gilbert, 1904

The Japanese pugnose grenadier (Nezumia condylura) is a species of rattail. David Starr Jordan PhD LLD ( January 19, 1851 &ndash September 19, 1931) was a leading eugenicist, Ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert ( 5 December 1859 -1928 was an American ichthyologist who worked with Seth Eugene Meek and David Starr Jordan Grenadiers or rattails (less commonly whiptails) are generally large brown to black Gadiform marine Fish of the family Macrouridae It is found at depths of up to 720 m in the waters around southern Japan, northern Taiwan and in the East China Sea. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The East China Sea is a Marginal sea east of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean and covers an area of 1249000 km²

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. In Vertebrates such as Mammals the abdomen (belly constitutes the part of the body between the Thorax (chest and Pelvis. The margins of the mouth and gills are blackish and the fins are dark. A gill is an anatomical structure found in many aquatic organisms The first dorsal fin has blackish margins and has two spines. A dorsal fin is a Fin located on the backs of some Fishes Whales Dolphins and Porpoises as well as the (extinct

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