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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coelorinchus: Greek, koilos = a hollow + Greek, rhyngchos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Ivan Andreevich Trunov (1936–2005) was a Russian ichthyologist who for his entire career was at the Atlantic Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography and was finally a Senior Researcher there. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Iwamoto & Anderson.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 421 - 1000 m (Ref. 132203). Deep-water
Western Indian Ocean: off Natal, South Africa to northern Mozambique.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11953)
Minimum depth from Ref. 11953.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Iwamoto, T. and E. Anderson, 1994. Review of the grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes) of southern Africa, with descriptions of four new species. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (61):1-28. (Ref. 11953)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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