Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)

Scientific name: Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765

Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)

The Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae.

Biology

Benthopelagic to bathypelagic in about 400 and 1200 m depth. Minimum depth from. Form large schools at 600 to 900 m depth. Feed on a variety of fish and invertebrates, but primarily on pelagic crustaceans such as shrimps, amphipods and cumaceans; cephalopods and lantern fishes constitute a lesser portion of the diet. Batch spawner. This species is currently facing overexploitation in the North Atlantic. Utilized frozen and for fishmeal; can be fried and baked.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
110
Depth range
180–2600 m (591–8530 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 180 - 2600 m, usually 400 - 1200 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
North Atlantic: from about 37?N to Baffin Island and Greenland in the western Atlantic, and off Iceland and Norway south to North Africa in the eastern Atlantic. Reported to occur from the tongue of the Ocean east of Andros Islands (about 24?N, 77?W) in the Bahamas.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.1; tm=9-11; tmax=54; Fec=10,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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