Spearsnouted grenadierThe spearsnouted grenadier is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.DescriptionThe spearsnouted grenadier is greyish in colour, with the mouth, gill cavities and first dorsal fin blackish. It is up to in length. It has two dorsal spines and the photophore is short and not visible externally.HabitatThe spearsnouted grenadier lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean; it is bathydemersal, living at depths of.BehaviourThe spearsnouted grenadier feeds on crustaceans and small fish. It lives up to 10 years. Lepidapedon arlenae and Derogenes varicus are parasitic upon it.