''Coelorinchus kishinouyei'', the Mugura grenadier, is a species of

rattail Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this subfamily are am ...

that occurs in the waters around

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and Taiwan where it is found at depths of . This species grows to a length of TL and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. The species name is a tribute to Japanese fisheries biologist Kamakichi Kishinouye (岸上鎌吉, 1867–1929).

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Macrouridae Fish described in 1900 Taxa named by David Starr Jordan {{Gadiformes-stub