Coryphaenoides leptolepis
Coryphaenoides leptolepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Macrouridae |
Genus: | Coryphaenoides |
Species: | C. leptolepis |
Binomial name | |
Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877 | |
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.
References
- 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).
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Coryphaenoides leptolepis" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
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