Japanese pugnose grenadier

phylum	Chordata	The Japanese pugnose grenadier (Nezumia condylura) is a species of rattail fish. It is found at depths of up to 720 m in the waters around southern Japan, northern Taiwan and in the East China Sea. 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. The margins of the mouth and gills are blackish and the fins are dark. The first dorsal fin has blackish margins and has two spines. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Gadiformes
class	Actinopterygii
order	Gadiformes
family	Macrouridae
genus	Nezumia
species	N. condylura

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  Kaiyodo Enoshima aquarium Japanese Grenadier