Common Atlantic grenadier

The common Atlantic grenadier (Nezumia aequalis) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.

Description
The common Atlantic grenadier is blue-violet in colour, with silvery and black areas. Its maximum length is 36 cm. It has 2 dorsal spines and its spinules are lanceolate or shield-shaped. Its head, snout and chin barbel are short.

Habitat
The common Atlantic grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean; it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 200 - 2320 m.

Behaviour
The common Atlantic grenadier feeds on mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms.