Abyssal Grenadier, Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector 1875)
Other Names: Abyssal Macrourid, Armed Grenadier, Cosmopolitan Rattail, Russet Grenadier, Smooth-scale Rattail
An Abyssal grenadier, Coryphaenoides armatus, on the Davidson Seamount at 2253 m depth. Source: NOAA/MBARI. License: Public Domain
Summary:
A large uniformly brownish grenadier with a bluish abdomen, a large head, large eyes and the body tapering from behind the first dorsal fin. The light organ on the underside extends beyond the midpoint between the anal-fin origin and the pelvic-fin bases.
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Coryphaenoides armatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4990
Abyssal Grenadier, Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector 1875)
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Distribution |
Common in deep waters of most oceans at relatively high latitudes. Known from off Eastern Australia, Tasmania, the Great Australian Bight, and Australia's subantarctic waters. A common inhabitant on the deep-slope, upper continental rise and abyssal plain in the bathypelagic zone of the most ocean basins. |
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Feeding |
Juveniles feed mostly on benthic invertebrates such as crustaceans and holothurians, while adults feed on mesopelagic and bathypelagic fishes, sea urchins and cephalopod molluscs. |
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Fisheries |
Although not commercially targeted, the species is is taken as bycatch in deepwater fisheries in parts of its range. |
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Species Citation |
Macrurus armatus Hector 1875, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)15: 78-82. Type locality: about 200 miles west of Cape Farewell, New Zealand, depth 400 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
Abyssal Grenadier, Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector 1875)
References
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Hector, J. 1875. Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in New Zealand seas by H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)15: 78-82. See ref at BHL
Iwamoto, T. 1990. Macrouridae. pp. 192-206. In O. Gon & P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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