Coryphaenoides rupestris

Coryphaenoides rupestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coryphaenoides
Species:
C. rupestris
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Synonyms[2]
  • Coryphaena rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765)
  • Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
  • Coryphaenoides norvegicus (Nilsson, 1832)
  • Ledipoleprus norvegicus Nilsson, 1832
  • Macrourus stroemii Reinhardt, 1825
  • Macrurus norvegicus (Nilsson, 1832)
  • Macrurus rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765)

Coryphaenoides rupestris is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Macrouridae. Its common names include the rock grenadier, the roundnose grenadier and the roundhead rat-tail. In France it is known as grenadier de roche and in Spain as granadero de roca. It is a large, deep-water species and is fished commercially in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

  1. ^ Iwamoto, T. (2015). "Coryphaenoides rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T15522149A15603540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15522149A15603540.en. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2011). Bailly N (ed.). "Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-05-01.