Global InformationThorntooth grenadier information
| Thorntooth grenadier | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Genus: | Lepidorhynchus J. Richardson, 1846 |
| Species: | L. denticulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidorhynchus denticulatus J. Richardson, 1846
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The thorntooth grenadier or javelin fish, Lepidorhynchus denticulatus, is a rattail, the only member of the genus Lepidorhynchus, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 200 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 20 and 55 cm.