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Coryphaenoides
Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma Early Oligocene to present[1][2]
Coryphaenoides acrolepis
Coryphaenoides leptolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Suborder: Macrouroidei
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coryphaenoides
Gunnerus, 1765
Type species
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Gunnerus, 1765
Synonyms[3]

Coryphaenoides is a genus of rattails which is found in all oceans of the world.[4] They are found in deep waters and C. yaquinae, recorded to 7,012 m (23,005 ft), is the only member in the family known from the hadal zone.[5]

The generic name means "similar to Coryphaena".[6]

Species

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Coryphaenoides armatus is seen in this video describing the operation and use of an autonomous lander (RV Kaharoa) in deep sea research.

There are currently 66 recognized species in this genus:

The following fossil taxa are known:[2]

References

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  1. Sepkoski, J.J.Jr (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20.
  2. 1 2 Schwarzhans, Werner W.; Moritz, Timo; Goedert, James L. (2026-02-11). "Coryphaenoides richi sp. nov. (Macrouridae, Teleostei) from the deep-marine, Oligocene Makah Formation of Washington State, U.S.A." Zitteliana. 100: 31–38. doi:10.3897/zitteliana.100.182311. ISSN 2747-8106.
  3. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Coryphaenoides Gunnerus, 1765". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Coryphaenoides". FishBase. January 2016 version.
  5. Linley, T.D.; M.E. Gerringer; P.H. Yancey; J.C. Drazen; C.L. Weinstock; A.J. Jamieson (2016). "Fishes of the hadal zone including new species, in situ observations and depth records of Liparidae". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 114: 99–110. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.05.003.
  6. "Coryphaenoides carapinus, Carapine grenadier". www.fishbase.de.
  7. 1 2 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.