Glasshead grenadier

The glasshead grenadier (Hymenocephalus italicus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.

Description
The glasshead grenadier has a measurement of up to 25 cm. Its snout is obtuse and projects slightly beyond the mouth. Its barbel is small, and its scales are thin, deciduous, spiny and large.

Habitat
The glasshead grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean; it is benthopelagic, living at depths of 100 - 1400 m.

Behaviour
The glasshead grenadier feeds on pelagic copepods, euphausiids and gammarid amphipods, shrimp, ostracods, cumaceans and other small crustaceans.