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Coelorinchus scaphopsis (Gilbert, 1890) Shoulderspot grenadier |
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| Family: | Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) | |||
| Max. size: | 34 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; marine; depth range 180 - 300 m, non-migratory | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Pacific: southern California and northern Gulf of California; probably also in outer slope waters of Baja California and mainland Mexico. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 0-0. 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 (Ref. 1371). A large, black, naked fossa midventrally on chest; anus at origin of the anal fin. Smooth second dorsal spine at all sizes (Ref. 26798). Branchiostegal rays: 6-6 (Ref. 36385). | |||
| Biology: | Stomach contents reveal the ingestion of shrimps and other crustaceans (Ref. 9315). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36385). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||