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Order Gadiformes
Family Macrouridae — Grenadiers or Rattails
Albatrossia pectoralis (Gilbert, 1892). Giant Grenadier or Small-eyed Rattail. To 180 cm (70.9 in) TL
(Pakhorukov 2005). Okhotsk Sea (Tuponogov 1997) and northern Honshu, Japan to Bering Sea
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to northern Baja California (Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990). Benthopelagic, young
fish bathypelagic (Iwamoto and Stein 1974), at depths of 140–2,189 m (459–7,182 ft) (min.: Iwamoto in
Cohen et al. 1990; max.: Pearcy et al. 1982). Originally in Macrurus, recently in Coryphaenoides.
Caelorinchus scaphopsis (Gilbert, 1890). Shoulderspot Grenadier. To at least 34 cm (13.4 in) TL (Iwamoto
in Cohen et al. 1990). Off northern California (41°14'N, 124°24'W; Hoff 2002) to the Gulf of California
(Iwamoto and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). Benthopelagic at depths of 183–296 m (600–971 ft;
Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990). Although the genus is often seen with spelling Caelorhynchus, the correct
spelling is Caelorinchus (Eschmeyer 1998).
Coryphaenoides acrolepis (Bean, 1884). Pacific Grenadier or Roughscale Rattail. To more than 87 cm
(34.2 in) TL (Rass 1963). Sea of Okhotsk and Pacific off Japan to southern Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Isla Guadalupe, central Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972).
Benthopelagic and bathypelagic, typically at depths of 600–2,500 m (1,968–8,202 ft; Iwamoto and Stein
1974), reported as shallow as 35 m and 155 m (115 ft and 508 ft; Evermann and Goldsborough 1907)
and as deep as 2,825 m (9,268 ft; Pearcy et al. 1982). Originally in Macrurus.
Coryphaenoides anguliceps (Garman, 1899). To more than 50 cm (19.7 in) TL (Iwamoto in Cohen et al.
1990). Southernmost Baja California and Gulf of California (Iwamoto and Schneider in Fischer et al.
1995) to northern Chile (26°S; Sielfeld and Vargas 1996) and Islas Galápagos (Iwamoto in Cohen et al.
1990). Benthopelagic, at depths of 722–2,418 m (2,369–7,933 ft; Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990).
Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875). Abyssal Grenadier or Smooth Abyssal Grenadier. To 102 cm
(40.2 in) TL (Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990). All oceans except Arctic; Japan Trench (Nakabo in Nakabo
2002); southeastern Bering Sea and Pacific south of Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Chile
(Pequeño 1989). Benthopelagic, typically at depths of about 2,000–4,300 m (6,562–14,107 ft; Wilson
and Waples 1983) or more (“about 5,000 m”; SIO 04-26) in the North Pacific (Wilson and Waples
1983), to 4,700 m (15,420 ft) in the Atlantic (Grey 1956, Moore et al. 2003); reported from shallower
(282 m [931 ft; Grey 1956]) or greater (5,180 m [16,995 ft; Pearcy et al. 1982]) depths, but not verifiable.
Originally in Macrurus.
*Coryphaenoides capito (Garman, 1899). Bighead Grenadier. To 32.4 cm (12.8 in) TL (Iwamoto and
Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). Gulf of California (Iwamoto and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995) to
northern Peru (Chirichigno and Vélez 1998), including southern tip of Baja California (Iwamoto and
Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). Benthopelagic, at depths of 305–1,000 m (1,001–3,281 ft; Iwamoto and
Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995).
Coryphaenoides cinereus (Gilbert, 1896). Gray Rattail or Popeye Grenadier. To 56 cm (22 in) TL (Iwamoto
and Stein 1974). Northern Japan and southern Sea of Okhotsk to Navarin Canyon, Bering Sea
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Monterey Bay, central California (Hoff 1999). Benthopelagic, at depths of
225–2,832 m (738–9,291 ft; Allen and Smith 1988). Reported from trawl nets towed as deep as 3,480 m
(11,417 ft), but in nonclosing nets which would allow fish to enter at any depth during retrieval of the
net (Makushok 1970). Originally in Macrurus.
Coryphaenoides filifer (Gilbert,1896). Filamented Rattail or Threadfin Grenadier. To 66.2 cm (26.1 in) TL
(Iwamoto and Stein 1974). Sea of Okhotsk off Hokkaido, Japan (Endo et al. 1994); southeastern Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); northern British Columbia (G. E. Gillespie, pers.
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