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

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

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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