Deepwater grenadier

Deepwater grenadier
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Genus:	Coryphaenoides
Species:	C. profundicolus
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides profundicolus (Nybelin, 1893)
Synonyms [2]
Chalinura profundicolaNybelin, 1957 Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) profundicolusNybelin, 1957

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

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

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