Shortbeard grenadier
(Coryphaenoides brevibarbis)
Classification
Species:
Coryphaenoides brevibarbis
Genus:
Coryphaenoides - Grenadiers
Family: Macrouridae - Grenadiers
Order: Gadiformes - Cods
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Shortbeard grenadier
Habitat:
Saltwater
Climates:
Temperate, Subpolar
Distribution:
Atlantic Ocean
Depth range: 430 - 4700 m
Distribution
Northeast Atlantic: east of southern Greenland southward to the Azores; Irish continental slope to the Bay of Biscay and off northern Spain. Western Atlantic off the coasts of North America.
Max length : 35 cm
Mandible with a single row of teeth. Spinules or scales disposed in slightly diverging rows. Head scaled except for gular and branchiostegal membranes, lower surface of snout and sub orbital region, lunate area on either side of the snout. Body pale brown, lips, lining of gill cavities and peritoneum blackish.