''Coryphaenoides'' is a

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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 ...

s which is found in all

ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...

s of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the

hadal zone The hadal zone, also known as the hadopelagic zone, is the deepest region of the ocean, lying within oceanic trenches. The hadal zone ranges from around below sea level, and exists in long, narrow, topographic V-shaped depressions. The cumula ...

. The generic name means "similar to ''

Coryphaena ''Coryphaena'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes known as the dolphinfishes, and is currently the only known genus in the family Coryphaenidae. The generic name is from Greek κορυφή (''koryphē'', "crown, top") and -αινα (-''aina'' ...

''".

Species

There are currently 66 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Coryphaenoides acrolepis ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' ( T. H. Bean, 1884) (Pacific grenadier) * ''

Coryphaenoides affinis ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' Günther, 1878 * ''

Coryphaenoides alateralis ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' N. B. Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973 * ''

Coryphaenoides altipennis ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' Günther, 1877 * ''

Coryphaenoides anguliceps ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' (

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, 1899) (Loose-scale grenadier) * ''

Coryphaenoides ariommus ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' C. H. Gilbert & W. F. Thompson, 1916 (Humboldt grenadier) * ''

Coryphaenoides armatus The abyssal grenadier, ''Coryphaenoides armatus'', is an abyssal fish of the genus '' Coryphaenoides'', found in all the world's oceans, at depths between . Its adult length is , although Fishbase gives lengths up to . The abyssal grenadier's bod ...

'' ( J. Hector, 1875) (Abyssal grenadier) * ''

Coryphaenoides asper ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' Günther, 1877 * ''

Coryphaenoides asprellus ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' ( H. M. Smith &

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, 1912) * '' Coryphaenoides boops'' (

, 1899) (Short-snout grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides brevibarbis'' ( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Short-beard grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides bucephalus'' (

, 1899) (Narrow-snout grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides bulbiceps'' (

, 1899) (Large-eye grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides camurus'' ( H. M. Smith &

, 1912) * '' Coryphaenoides capito'' (

, 1899) (Big-head grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides carapinus'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 (Carapine grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides carminifer'' (

, 1899) (Carmine grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides castaneus'' Shcherbachev & Iwamoto, 1995 * '' Coryphaenoides cinereus'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Pop-eye grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides delsolari'' Chirichigno F. & Iwamoto, 1977 (Trident grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides dossenus'' P. J. McMillan, 1999 (Humpback whiptail) * '' Coryphaenoides dubius'' ( H. M. Smith &

, 1912) * '' Coryphaenoides fernandezianus'' ( Günther, 1887) (Fernandez whiptail) * ''

Coryphaenoides ferrieri ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' (

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, 1913) * '' Coryphaenoides filamentosus''

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, 1970 * '' Coryphaenoides filicauda'' Günther, 1878 (Grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides filifer'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Filamented rattail) * '' Coryphaenoides grahami'' Iwamoto & Shcherbachev, 1991 (Graham's whiptail) * '' Coryphaenoides guentheri'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Günther's grenadier) * ''

Coryphaenoides gypsochilus ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

, 1912) * '' Coryphaenoides microstomus'' P. J. McMillan, 1999 * '' Coryphaenoides murrayi'' Günther, 1878 (Abyssal rattail) * '' Coryphaenoides myersi'' Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1988 (Myers' grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides nasutus'' Günther, 1877 (Large-nose grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides oreinos'' Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1988 * ''

Coryphaenoides orthogrammus ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' ( H. M. Smith &

, 1912) * '' Coryphaenoides paramarshalli'' Merrett, 1983 * '' Coryphaenoides profundicolus'' ( Nybelin, 1957) (Deep-water grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides rudis'' Günther, 1878 (Rudis rattail) * '' Coryphaenoides rupestris'' Gunnerus, 1765 (Round-nose grenadier) * '' Coryphaenoides semiscaber'' C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 * ''

Coryphaenoides serrulatus The serrulate whiptail or serrulate rattail, ''Coryphaenoides serrulatus'', is a rattail of the genus ''Coryphaenoides'', found around southern Australia and New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwest ...

'' Günther, 1878 (Serrulate whiptail) * '' Coryphaenoides sibogae'' M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1929 * ''

Coryphaenoides soyoae ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' Nakayama & Endo, 2016 (Black grenadier) Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2016): A new species of the grenadier genus ''Coryphaenoides'' (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Japan and a range extension of ''Coryphaenoides rudis'' Günther 1878 in the northwestern Pacific. ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 1–12.'' * '' Coryphaenoides spinulosus'' ( C. H. Gilbert &

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, 1912) * '' Coryphaenoides striaturus''

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, 1925 (Striate whiptail) * '' Coryphaenoides subserrulatus'' Makushok, 1976 (Long-rayed whiptail) * '' Coryphaenoides thelestomus''

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, 1951 (Rough-lip grenadier) * ''

Coryphaenoides tydemani ''Coryphaenoides'' is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world. They are found in deep waters and ''C. yaquinae'', recorded to , is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone. The generic name means "similar to ...

'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) * '' Coryphaenoides woodmasoni'' ( Alcock, 1890) * ''

Coryphaenoides yaquinae The rough abyssal grenadier (''Coryphaenoides yaquinae'') is a species of deep-sea grenadier fish in the family Macrouridae. First described as a separate species in 1974, the rough abyssal grenadier was historically confused with its congene ...

'' Iwamoto &

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, 1974 * '' Coryphaenoides zaniophorus'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Thick-beard grenadier)

References

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