Shoulderspot grenadier (Coelorinchus scaphopsis)

Scientific name: Coelorinchus scaphopsis Gilbert, 1890

Shoulderspot grenadier (Coelorinchus scaphopsis)

The Shoulderspot grenadier (Coelorinchus scaphopsis) is a marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, southern California and northern Gulf of California; probably also in outer slope waters of Baja California and mainland Mexico.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 0. Body tapering to a point posteriorly from behind the origin of the first dorsal fin. Head large; the eyes also large; the snout relatively short, its antero-lateral margin incompletely supported by bone, its terminal scute broad, blunt. Head ridges strong but not especially spiny; the underside of the snout, the ventral margins on the suborbital and mandible naked. Light organ large, lens-shaped. Overall color swarthy to grayish; the fins dusky to black; the mouth pallid; the gill cavity blackish, paler inwardly. A large, black, naked fossa midventrally on chest; anus at origin of the anal fin. Smooth second dorsal spine at all sizes. Branchiostegal rays: 6-6.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Coelorinchus scaphopsis
Family
Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
34.0
Depth range
180–300 m (591–984 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; non-migratory; depth range 180 - 300 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: southern California and northern Gulf of California; probably also in outer slope waters of Baja California and mainland Mexico.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

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

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