Carapine grenadier | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Macrouridae |
Genus: | Coryphaenoides |
Species: | C. carapinus
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Binomial name | |
Coryphaenoides carapinus (
Goode &
T. H. Bean, 1883)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The carapine grenadier (Coryphaenoides carapinus) is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Macrouridae. [3] [4]
Its name (pronounced /ˈkærəpaɪn/) refers to its resemblance to the Carapus pearlfishes. [5]
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]
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]
The carapine grenadier feeds on polychaete worms, copepods, amphipods, isopods and mysids. [8]
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