Carapine grenadier

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Carapine grenadier
Coryphaenoides carapinus.jpg
Status iucn3.1 LC.svg
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) (Europe assessment) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coryphaenoides
Species:
C. carapinus
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides carapinus
(Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883)
Synonyms [2]
  • Coryphaenoides carapinusGoode & Bean, 1883
  • Chalinura carapinaGoode & Bean, 1883
  • Chaulinura carapinaGoode & Bean, 1883
  • Coryphaenoides (Lionurus) carapinusGoode & Bean, 1883
  • Lionurus carapinusGoode & Bean, 1883
  • Macrurus carapinusGoode & Bean, 1883
  • Nematonurus ferraniGoode & Bean, 1883
  • Coryphaenoides carapinusFraser-Brunner, 1935

The carapine grenadier (Coryphaenoides carapinus) is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Macrouridae. [3] [4]

Contents

Its name (pronounced /ˈkærəpaɪn/ ) refers to its resemblance to the Carapus pearlfishes. [5]

Description

The carapine grenadier is pale grey with a peppering of melanophores. [6] It is up to 45 cm (18 in) in length. It has a narrow band of pointed teeth in the premaxillae. [7] [8]

Habitat

The carapine grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean; it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 384–5,610 m (1,260–18,406 ft). [9]

Behaviour

The carapine grenadier feeds on polychaete worms, copepods, amphipods, isopods and mysids. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Fernandes, P.; Cook, R.; Florin, A.; Lorance, P.; Nielsen, J.; Nedreaas, K. (2015). "Coryphaenoides carapinus (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T18125822A45135750. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. ↑ "Fishery Bulletin". National Marine Fisheries Service. August 16, 1993 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Merrett, N. R.; Haedrich, R. L. (October 31, 1997). Deep-Sea Demersal Fish and Fisheries. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9780412394102 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Order GADIFORMES (part 2): Family MACROURIDAE". February 10, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Carapine grenadier - Lionurus carapinus". species-identification.org.
  7. ↑ Coad, Brian W.; Reist, James D. (January 1, 2018). Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9781442647107 – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 "Coryphaenoides carapinus, Carapine grenadier". www.fishbase.de.
  9. ↑ "Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883". www.gbif.org.

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