Spinaker grenadier
Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis
- Usual depth391–780 m
- Water temperature19–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust, September, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 17 records
- March: 23 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 41 records
- September: 40 records
- October: 27 records
- November: 19 records
- December: 15 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 391–780 m · Deepest record: 1,290 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Spinaker grenadier, Spinnaker Whiptail
Names in 1 more languages
- Simplified Chinese
- 鱈魚, 黑背鰭凹腹鱈
Similar species
- Plainfin grenadier
Ventrifossa divergens
- Giant grenadier
Albatrossia pectoralis
- Victory Whiptail
Asthenomacrurus victoris
- Spearnose Whiptail
Coelorinchus acutirostris
- Silver whiptail
Coelorinchus argentatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 370 open-data records from 1908 to 2014.
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