Bigeye Grenadier, Macrourus holotrachys Günther 1878

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Bigeye Grenadier, Macrourus holotrachys Günther 1878

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Distribution	Heard & McDonald Islands, Macquarie Island and Prydz Bay (Australian Antarctic Territory). Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in cold temperate and Subantarctic waters of the Southern Hemisphere.
Etymology	Macrurus holotrachys Günther 1878, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 24. Type locality: East of Rio de la Plata mouth, Challenger station 320, depth 600 fathoms.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2025
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Bigeye Grenadier, Macrourus holotrachys Günther 1878

References

Gon, O., Miya, T., McMillan, P. & Leslie, R. 2021. The distribution of four species of the genus Macrourus (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from the Southern Ocean based on samples from the toothfish longline fishery. Zootaxa 4903(1): 105-116. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4903.1.6

Günther, A. 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 2(2, 22, 28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251 See ref at BHL

McMillan, P., Iwamoto, T., Stewart, A. & Smith, P.J. 2012. A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus. Zootaxa 3165: 1-24

McMillan, P.J. & Iwamoto, T. 2015. Families Macrouridae, Bathygadidae, Macrouroididae, Trachyrincidae. pp. 747-838 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 3 pp. 577-1152.