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Coryphaenoides acrolepis (Bean, 1884)

Pacific grenadier
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Japan country information

Common names: Ibara-hige
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Enoshima northward (Ref. 559). Also Ref. 6885.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coryphaenoides: Greek, koryphaina = dolphin fish + Suffix oides = similar to (Ref. 45335);  acrolepis: From the Greek 'acros' meaning sharp and 'lepis' meaning scale (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin bathydémersal; non migrateur; profondeur 300 - 3700 m (Ref. 50550), usually 900 - 1300 m (Ref. 56476).   Deep-water; 1°C - 4°C (Ref. 1371); 62°N - 28°N, 134°E - 115°W (Ref. 1371)

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

North Pacific: northern Japan to Okhotsk and Bering seas, south along North American coasts to northern Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm 55.5, range 46 - 65 cm
Max length : 104 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 56527); common length : 46.9 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 56476); poids max. publié: 3.0 kg (Ref. 56476); âge max. reporté: 73 années (Ref. 35883)

Description synthétique Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total): 2; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 122; Épines anales 0; Rayons mous anaux: 94. Head large, scaled completely except for a narrow ventrolateral strip on snout; eyes also large; snout short, pointed and with tubercular scales along its leading edge; chin with a small chin barbel. Body tapering to a point posteriorly from behind the insertion of the first dorsal-fin spine. Scales adherent, with 3 to 5 divergent rows of coarse spinules. Pyloric caeca 12 to 14. Overall color is gray to grayish-brown in young, turning to dark brown in adults; fins generally dark. Branchiostegal rays: 6-6 (Ref. 36385).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

A benthopelagic mid-slope species, that appears to wander off slope bottoms into midwater (Ref. 1371). Adults feed on small fish, euphausiids, prawns, amphipods and cephalopods (Ref. 1371). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36385).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Oviparous (Ref. 36385).

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Iwamoto, Tomio | Collaborateurs

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Non évalué 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless




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