| Deepwater grenadier | |
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Scientific 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] | |
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The deepwater grenadier (Coryphaenoides profundicolus) is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Macrouridae. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
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]
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]
It is parasitised by Lepidapedon zubchenkoi and Steringophorus thulini, both trematode worms of the order Plagiorchiida. [17]
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Coryphaenoides is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and C. yaquinae, recorded to 7,012 m (23,005 ft), is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone.
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