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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coryphaenoides: Greek, koryphaina = dolphin fish + Suffix oides = similar to (Ref. 45335); gypsochilus: From the Greek gypso for chalky like gypsum, and cheilus for lip, referring to its chalk-colored lips (Ref. 42942).
More on authors: Iwamoto & McCosker.

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 630 - 900 m (Ref. 42942). Deep-water

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Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42942)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2. Branchiostegal rays 6; anus immediately before anal fin origin, small periproct lacking light organ; head laterally compressed; snout rounded, without prominent tubercular scale at tip or lateral angles, scarcely protruding beyond large mouth, naked over anterior end and ventrally through posterior nostril; opercular opening wide, extending ventrally forward to below angle of lower jaw; suborbital region almost vertical, lacking prominent angular ridge and coarsely modified scale rows; base of pectoral broad (Ref. 42942).

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Iwamoto, T. and J.E. McCosker, 2001. Notes on Galápagos granadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with the description of a new species of Coryphaenoides. Rev. Biol. Trop. 49 (Suppl.1):21-27. (Ref. 42942)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 September 2022

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.5 - 7.1, mean 5.8 °C (based on 7 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00219 (0.00111 - 0.00431), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).

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