Description

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Common Names

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Cua de rata , Catalan , Spain

Tankorepac okač , Croatian , Croatia

Italiensk langhale , Danish , Denmark

Glasshead grenadier , English , UK

Italian grenader , English , Spain

Italian grenadier , English , Azores Is.

Italian grenadier , English , UK

Silver rattail , English , USA

Soft-headed rattail , English , Spain

Klaasjas nahkpea , Estonian , Estonia

Klaaspea , Estonian , Estonia

Glaskopf-Seeratte , German , Germany

Κορδέλλα , Greek , Greece

Υμενοκέφαλος , Greek , Greece

Pesce surici , Italian , Italy

Pesce topino , Italian , Italy

Itaria-sujidara , Japanese , Japan

Gurdien , Maltese , Malta

Buławik włoski , Polish , Poland

Lagartixa , Portuguese , Angola

Lagartixa-do-mar , Portuguese , Angola

Lagartixa-prateada , Portuguese , Portugal

Peixe rato , Portuguese , Azores Is.

Peixe-rato , Portuguese , Angola

Rato , Portuguese , Angola

Rato , Portuguese , Azores Is.

Granadero , Spanish , Spain

Pez rata , Spanish , Spain

Zarkafa balığı , Turkish , Turkey

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gadiformes

Family: Macrouridae

Genus: Hymenocephalus

Species: Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Most common at depths less than 500 m (Ref. 1371). Feeds predominantly on pelagic copepods, to a lesser extent on euphausiids and gammarian amphipods, and to a minor extent on shrimps, ostracods, cumaceans, other small crustaceans, and small fish (Ref. 1371). Due to its small size, it is not of significant interest to fisheries (Ref. 1371).

Habitat

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benthopelagic