The common Atlantic grenadier (Nezumia aequalis) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.

[3][4][5][6] The common Atlantic grenadier is blue-violet in colour, with silvery and black areas.

It has 2 dorsal spines and its spinules are lanceolate or shield-shaped.

[11] The common Atlantic grenadier feeds on mysids, amphipods, small shrimps, copepods, isopods, ostracods and polychaete worms.

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