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Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893)

Mediterranean grenadier
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coryphaenoides: Greek, koryphaina = dolphin fish + Suffix oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 1000 - 4262 m (Ref. 104125). Deep-water; 67°N - 18°N, 98°W - 17°E

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Northeast Atlantic: Azores to west Scotland. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Also in the western Mediterranean. Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico.

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Maturity: Lm ?, range 62 - ? cm
Max length : 73.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6187)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Head scaled except for gular and branchiostegal membranes (Ref. 37108).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth range is reported at 1000m-3000m. Feeds on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 6187). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Geistdoerfer, P., 1990. Macrouridae. p. 541-563. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3587)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 February 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.9 - 13, mean 3.6 °C (based on 751 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):  3.6   ±0.38 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 19.3 [5.4, 45.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.263 [0.111, 0.755] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.3, 19.0] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.043, 0.292] g/100g; Selenium = 28.3 [8.5, 77.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.9 [2.3, 172.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.545 [0.289, 1.112] mg/100g (wet weight);