''Coryphaenoides'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
rattails which is found in all
ocean
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s of the world.
They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the
hadal zone
The hadal zone, also known as the hadopelagic zone, is the deep sea, deepest region of the ocean, lying within oceanic trenches. The hadal zone ranges from around below sea level, and exists in long, narrow, topographic V-shaped depressions.
T ...
.
The generic name means "similar to ''
Coryphaena''".
Species
There are currently 66 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Coryphaenoides acrolepis''
( T. H. Bean, 1884) (Pacific grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides affinis''
Günther, 1878
* ''
Coryphaenoides alateralis''
N. B. Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
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Coryphaenoides altipennis ''
Günther, 1877
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Coryphaenoides anguliceps''
( Garman, 1899) (Loose-scale grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides ariommus''
C. H. Gilbert & W. F. Thompson, 1916 (Humboldt grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides armatus''
( J. Hector, 1875) (Abyssal grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides asper''
Günther, 1877
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Coryphaenoides asprellus''
( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
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Coryphaenoides boops''
( Garman, 1899) (Short-snout grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides brevibarbis''
( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Short-beard grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides bucephalus''
( Garman, 1899) (Narrow-snout grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides bulbiceps''
( Garman, 1899) (Large-eye grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides camurus''
( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
* ''
Coryphaenoides capito''
( Garman, 1899) (Big-head grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides carapinus''
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 (Carapine grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides carminifer''
( Garman, 1899) (Carmine grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides castaneus''
Shcherbachev & Iwamoto, 1995
* ''
Coryphaenoides cinereus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Pop-eye grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides delsolari''
Chirichigno F. & Iwamoto, 1977 (Trident grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides dossenus''
P. J. McMillan, 1999 (Humpback whiptail)
* ''
Coryphaenoides dubius''
( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
* ''
Coryphaenoides fernandezianus''
( Günther, 1887) (Fernandez whiptail)
* ''
Coryphaenoides ferrieri''
( Regan, 1913)
* ''
Coryphaenoides filamentosus''
Okamura, 1970
* ''
Coryphaenoides filicauda''
Günther, 1878 (Grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides filifer''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Filamented rattail)
* ''
Coryphaenoides grahami''
Iwamoto & Shcherbachev, 1991 (Graham's whiptail)
* ''
Coryphaenoides guentheri''
( Vaillant, 1888) (Günther's grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides gypsochilus''
Iwamoto & J. E. McCosker, 2001
* ''
Coryphaenoides hextii''
( Alcock, 1890)
* ''
Coryphaenoides hoskynii''
( Alcock, 1890)
* ''
Coryphaenoides lecointei''
( Dollo, 1900)
* ''
Coryphaenoides leptolepis''
Günther, 1877 (Ghostly grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides liocephalus''
( Günther, 1887) (Bearded rattail)
* ''
Coryphaenoides longicirrhus''
( C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
* ''
Coryphaenoides longifilis''
Günther, 1877 (Long-fin grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides macrolophus''
( Alcock, 1889)
* ''
Coryphaenoides marginatus''
Steindachner & Döderlein ( de), 1887 (Amami grenadier)
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Coryphaenoides marshalli''
Iwamoto, 1970
* ''
Coryphaenoides mcmillani''
Iwamoto & Shcherbachev, 1991 (McMillan's whiptail)
* ''
Coryphaenoides mediterraneus
The Mediterranean grenadier (''Coryphaenoides mediterraneus'') is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Macrouridae.
Description
The Mediterranean grenadier has a measurement of up to . The head is fish scale, scaled except for its Glossary_of ...
''
( Giglioli, 1893) (Mediterranean grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides mexicanus''
( A. E. Parr, 1946) (Mexican grenadier)
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Coryphaenoides microps''
( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
* ''
Coryphaenoides microstomus''
P. J. McMillan, 1999
* ''
Coryphaenoides murrayi''
Günther, 1878 (Abyssal rattail)
* ''
Coryphaenoides myersi''
Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1988 (Myers' grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides nasutus''
Günther, 1877 (Large-nose grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides oreinos''
Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1988
* ''
Coryphaenoides orthogrammus''
( H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
* ''
Coryphaenoides paramarshalli''
Merrett, 1983
* ''
Coryphaenoides profundicolus''
( Nybelin, 1957) (Deep-water grenadier)
* ''
Coryphaenoides rudis''
Günther, 1878 (Rudis rattail)
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* '' Coryphaenoides rupestris'' Gunnerus, 1765 (Round-nose grenadier)
* '' Coryphaenoides semiscaber'' C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920
* '' Coryphaenoides serrulatus'' Günther, 1878 (Serrulate whiptail)
* '' Coryphaenoides sibogae'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929
* '' Coryphaenoides soyoae'' Nakayama & Endo, 2016 (Black grenadier) ][Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2016): A new species of the grenadier genus ''Coryphaenoides'' (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Japan and a range extension of ''Coryphaenoides rudis'' Günther 1878 in the northwestern Pacific. ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 1–12.'']
* '' Coryphaenoides spinulosus'' ( C. H. Gilbert & Burke
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, 1912)
* '' Coryphaenoides striaturus'' Barnard Barnard is a surname of Old English origin, derived from the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon given name "Beornheard". It is composed of two elements: "Beorn," meaning "young warrior" or "bear," and "heard," meaning "hardy," "brave," or "strong." In some ...
, 1925 (Striate whiptail)
* '' Coryphaenoides subserrulatus'' Makushok, 1976 (Long-rayed whiptail)
* '' Coryphaenoides thelestomus'' Maul, 1951 (Rough-lip grenadier)
* '' Coryphaenoides tydemani'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
* '' Coryphaenoides woodmasoni'' ( Alcock, 1890)
* '' Coryphaenoides yaquinae'' Iwamoto & Stein, 1974
* '' Coryphaenoides zaniophorus'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Thick-beard grenadier)
References
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Macrouridae
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