Deepwater grenadier

The deepwater grenadier (Coryphaenoides profundicolus) is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Macrouridae.[3][4][5][6][7]

Deepwater grenadier
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coryphaenoides
Species:
C. profundicolus
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides profundicolus
(Nybelin, 1893)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chalinura profundicola Nybelin, 1957
  • Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) profundicolus Nybelin, 1957

Description

The deepwater grenadier is very large for its genus, measuring up to 129 cm (4.23 ft) and 14 kg (31 lb).[8] Olfaction and taste are important senses for finding prey, which is unsurprising as it lives in the near-total darkness of the deep sea.[9][8] It has a swim bladder, showing that it is a mobile forager.[10]

Habitat

The deepwater grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Bay of Biscay and Canary Islands, and in the Great Australian Bight;[11][12] it lives at depths of up to 4,872 m (15,984 ft).[13] The specific name is from Latin profundus ("deep") and the suffix -colus ("inhabitant"); -colus, -colum is not considered to be correct Latin but is still used in several species names.[14] Otolith studies have shown that the deepwater grenadier lives at a variety of temperatures during its life.[15][16]

Behaviour

It is parasitised by Lepidapedon zubchenkoi and Steringophorus thulini, both trematode worms of the order Plagiorchiida.[17]

References
  1. Fernandes, P.; Cook, R.; Florin, A.; Lorance, P.; Nielsen, J.; Nedreaas, K. (2014). "Coryphaenoides profundicolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T18125838A45136875. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18125838A45136875.en. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coryphaenoides profundicolus (Nybelin, 1957)". www.marinespecies.org.
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  12. "Coryphaenoides profundicolus (Nybelin, 1957)". www.gbif.org.
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  16. Harbach, Ralph E. (October 17, 2018). Culicipedia: Species-group, genus-group and family-group names in Culicidae (Diptera). CABI. ISBN 9781786399052 – via Google Books.
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