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

[3][4][5][6] The glasshead grenadier has a measurement of up to 25 cm (9.8 in).

Its snout is obtuse and projects slightly beyond the mouth.

Its barbel is small, and its scales are thin, deciduous, spiny and large.

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