Coryphaenoides leptolepis

Coryphaenoides leptolepis, the ghostly grenadier, is a species of rattail found in the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at depths of 610 to 4,000 metres (2,000 to 13,120 ft). This species grows to a length of 62 centimetres (24 in) TL.

Coryphaenoides leptolepis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coryphaenoides
Species:
C. leptolepis
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides leptolepis
Günther, 1877
Synonyms[2]
  • Chalinura leptolepis (Günther, 1877)
  • Chalinura simula Goode & Bean, 1883
  • Coryphaenoides simulus (Goode & Bean, 1883)
  • Macrurus simulus (Goode & Bean, 1883)
  • Chalinura serrula Bean, 1890
  • Coryphaenoides serrula (Bean, 1890)

References
  1. Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Coryphaenoides leptolepis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T15522140A15603525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15522140A15603525.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Coryphaenoides leptolepis" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
  • R. A. Campbell, R. L. Haedrich, and T. A. Munroe1, Parasitism and ecological relationships among deep-sea benthic fishes, Marine Biology, Volume 57, Number 4 (1980).



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