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

Description

The glasshead grenadier has a measurement of up to . 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 .

Behaviour

The glasshead grenadier feeds on pelagic

copepods Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...

, euphausiids and gammarid amphipods,

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

, ostracods,

cumacean Cumacea is an order of small marine crustaceans of the superorder Peracarida, occasionally called hooded shrimp or comma shrimp. Their unique appearance and uniform body plan makes them easy to distinguish from other crustaceans. They live in so ...

s and other small crustaceans.

References

Macrouridae Fish described in 1884 Taxa named by Enrico Hillyer Giglioli {{Rayfinned-fish-stub