Predicted to enable mRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including germ-line stem cell population maintenance; negative regulation of meiotic nuclear division; and regulation of translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within spermatogenesis. Predicted to be located in P-body and nucleus. Predicted to be active in perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Orthologous to human NANOS2 (nanos C2HC-type zinc finger 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]