Spearsnouted grenadier

The spearsnouted grenadier (Coelorinchus labiatus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.[3]

Spearsnouted grenadier
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. labiatus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus labiatus
(Koehler, 1896)
Synonyms[2]
  • Caelorinchus labiatus Köhler, 1896
  • Caelorinchus vaillanti Roule, 1916
  • Coelorhynchus labiatus Köhler, 1896
  • Coelorhynchus talismani Collett, 1905
  • Coelorhynchus vaillanti Roule, 1916
  • Coelorinchus vaillanti Roule, 1916
  • Coryphaenoides talismani Roule, 1916
  • Coelorinchus vaillanti Collett, 1905
  • Macrourus labiatus Köhler, 1896
  • Macrurus labiatus Köhler, 1896
  • Oxygadus labiatus Köhler, 1896

Description

The spearsnouted grenadier is greyish in colour, with the mouth, gill cavities and first dorsal fin blackish.[4] It is up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) in length. It has two dorsal spines and the photophore is short and not visible externally.[5]

Habitat

The spearsnouted grenadier lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean; it is bathydemersal, living at depths of 460–2,220 m (1,510–7,280 ft).[6]

Behaviour

The spearsnouted grenadier feeds on crustaceans and small fish. It lives up to 10 years. Lepidapedon arlenae and Derogenes varicus are parasitic upon it.[7]

References
  1. Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (July 11, 2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Coelorinchus labiatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coelorinchus labiatus (Köhler, 1896)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107083820 – via Google Books.
    - Cohen, Daniel M. (July 29, 1990). Gadiform Fishes of the World: Order Gadiformes, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and Other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251028902 – via Google Books.
    - Rogers, Alex D.; Gianni, Matthew (August 29, 2011). Implementation of UNGA Resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 in the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries on the High Seas. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9781437987799 – via Google Books.
    - "Cybium" (in French). Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Laboratoire d'ichtyologie générale et appliquée. July 29, 2002 – via Google Books.
  4. "Coelorinchus labiatus". NBN Atlas.
  5. "Coelorinchus labiatus, Spearsnouted grenadier". Fishbase.
  6. Ramos, Ana; Ramil, Fran; Sanz, José Luis (September 25, 2017). Deep-Sea Ecosystems Off Mauritania: Research of Marine Biodiversity and Habitats in the Northwest African Margin. Springer. ISBN 9789402410235 – via Google Books.
  7. "Coelorinchus labiatus (Köhler, 1896)". World Register of Marine Speciesg.
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