Coryphaenoides alateralis
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Gadiformes (Cod, Hakes and others)
Macrouridae (Grenadiers)
Coryphaenoides
Coryphaenoides alateralis
Description
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Characters
Elongate and attenuated body; moderately blunt snout; depressed head over orbits; serrated second ray of first dorsal fin; pelvic fin with 8 rays, first ray thickened and greatly elongated; no naked area or light organ anterior to anus; anus and urogenital openings surrounded by narrow naked black area (periproct); scales densely covered with relatively long, greatly reclined and slender spinules; head length 20% of TL; snout length 30% of head length; orbit 21% of head length; premaxilla length 42% of head length; chin barbel 23% of head length; body depth at first dorsal fin origin 89% of head length; premaxilla with outer series of widely spaced, enlarged teeth and inner band of small, conical teeth; lower jaw with moderately broad band of small teeth; first gill slit greatly restricted; gill rakers tuberculate, 10 on first arch; branchiostegal rays 6; pectoral fin of moderate length with 21 to 23 rays; first dorsal fin with 13 rays, first ray splintlike and second ray serrated and spinous; second dorsal fin widely separated from first dorsal fin
Brown, with ventral surface of head and posteriormost portion of tail lighter; orbits with narrow black rim; first dorsal fin and mouth and gill cavities black
Distribution
Western North Atlantic off the eastern coast of the United States, near Hudson Canyon
Eastern Gulf of Mexico between 1,035 and 1,116 m
Habitat Associations
Deep water, between 1,035 and 1,116 m
Biology
Maximum known size is 265 mm TL
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-09. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Phylogeny and Morphologically Similar Fishes
Distinguished from other species of the family by the combination of characters described
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Marshall and Iwamoto 1973
Crabtree 1983
Cohen et al. 1990
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba (1990) FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p.
McEachran, J.D. and J.D. Fechhelm (1998) Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 1112p.
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