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comm. to C. W. M.) to southern California (38°02'N; Iwamoto and Stein 1974). Although Ambrose (in
Moser 1996) gives 32°N, this evidently is a generalization from Matarese et al. (1989) and not based on
a specific record. Benthopelagic, at depths of 1,285–3,045 m (4,216–9,990 ft) (min.: Endo et al. 1994;
max.: Pearcy et al. 1982). Recently as Chalinura filifera.
Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877. Ghostly Grenadier. To 62 cm (24.4 in) TL or more (Geistdoerfer
in Quéro et al. 1990). North Atlantic and North Pacific; Japan (Iwamoto and Stein 1974); west of Prince
of Wales Island in Gulf of Alaska (Bean 1890; locality corrected in Mecklenburg et al. 2002:274), and
off Dixon Entrance, northern British Columbia (G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to C. W. M.) to southwest
of Cabo San Lucas, southern Baja California (Iwamoto and Stein 1974). Benthopelagic, at depths of
640–4,100 m (2,100–13,451 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002). In subgenus Chalinura, which some authors
treat as a genus. This account includes Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) liocephalus (Günther, 1887) in the
synonymy of C. leptolepis. The two forms could be distinct (although currently this is not considered
likely), in which case C. liocephalus would be the name for the Pacific species; see discussion and citations
in Mecklenburg et al. (2002:270).
Coryphaenoides longifilis Günther, 1877. Longfin Grenadier. To 86 cm (33.9 in) TL (Okamura 1970). Pacific
off southern Japan and Sea of Okhotsk off Kuril Islands to southern Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al.
2002). Benthopelagic, at depths of 700–2,025 m (2,297–6,644 ft) (min.: Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990;
max.: Dudnik and Dolganov 1992). Also named in Macrurus. Date of publication of Coryphaenoides
longifilis is sometimes given as 1887, but the correct date is 1877. Includes Bogoslovius clarki Jordan &
Gilbert, 1898, from north of Bogoslof Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Coryphaenoides yaquinae Iwamoto & Stein, 1974. Rough Abyssal Grenadier. To 87.2 cm (34.3 in) TL (SIO
82-76). Japan Trench (Endo and Okamura 1992) and far offshore of Oregon to equator (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002). Benthopelagic, at depths of about 3,400–6,450 m (11,155–21,161 ft) (min.: Wilson and
Waples 1983; max.: Endo and Okamura 1992).
Malacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843). Softhead Grenadier or Velvet Grenadier. To 60 cm (23.6 in) TL
(Iwamoto in Smith and Heemstra 1986). Circumglobal; Point Sur, central California (Hoff 1999) to
Baja California (Sazonov and Iwamoto 1992) and Chile (Pequeño 1989). Benthopelagic, at depths of
200–1,220 m (656–4,003 ft) (min.: Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990; max. Pakhorukov 2001).
Mesobius berryi Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977. Berry’s Grenadier or Midwater Grenadier. To 41 cm (16.1 in) TL
(Iwamoto and Williams 1999). Pacific and Indian oceans (Iwamoto and Williams 1999); eastern North
Pacific from southern California (Ambrose in Moser 1996) to southern Baja California (Iwamoto and
Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995), to Hawaii and Christmas Island (Ambrose in Moser 1996). Mainly
bathypelagic, surface to 2,700 m (8,858 ft) (min.: Iwamoto and Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995; max.:
Ambrose in Moser 1996).
Nezumia kensmithi Wilson, 2001. Blunt-nosed Grenadier. To 39.8 cm (15.7 in) TL. Fieberling Guyot
(32°28'N, 127°47'W). At 555 m (1,821 ft). Probably has also been taken at other seamounts in the same
region. All in Wilson (2001).
Nezumia liolepis (Gilbert, 1890). Smooth Grenadier. To about 30 cm (11.8 in) TL (Iwamoto in Cohen et al.
1990). Southern Washington (45°57'N, 124°52'W; Hoff 1999) to southern Mexico (17°24'N) and Gulf
of California (Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990). Benthopelagic, at depths of 681–1,655 m (2,234–5,430 ft)
(min.: Lauth 1999; max.: Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990).
Nezumia stelgidolepis (Gilbert, 1890). California Grenadier. To about 45 cm (17.5 in) TL (Iwamoto and
Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995). Vancouver Island, British Columbia to northern Chile (26°S; Kong
and Melendez 1991). Benthopelagic, at depths of 277–909 m (909–2,982 ft) (Iwamoto in Cohen et al.
1990).