Glasshead grenadier

The glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.^[3][4][5][6]

Glasshead grenadier
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Genus:	Hymenocephalus
Species:	H. italicus
Binomial name
Hymenocephalus italicus (Giglioli, 1884)
Synonyms[2]
Bathygadus cavernosus Goode & Bean, 1885 Himenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 Hymenocephalus (Hymenocephalus) italicus Giglioli, 1884 Hymenocephalus cavernosus Goode & Bean, 1885 Macrurus cavernosus Goode & Bean, 1886 Macrurus italicus Giglioli, 1884

Description

Diagram

The glasshead grenadier has a measurement of up to 25 cm (9.8 in). Its snout is obtuse and projects slightly beyond the mouth. Its barbel is small, and its scales are thin, deciduous, spiny and large.^[7]

Habitat

The glasshead grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean;^[8] it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).^[9]

Behaviour

The glasshead grenadier feeds on pelagic copepods, euphausiids and gammarid amphipods, shrimp, ostracods, cumaceans and other small crustaceans.^[9][10]