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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coelorinchus: Greek, koilos = a hollow + Greek, rhyngchos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 757 m (Ref. 26363). Deep-water
Southwest Pacific: known from a single specimen from off Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26363)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 2. Small ventral light organ, lacking a dermal window; ventral surface of head and lower jaw covered with small spinulated scales; dorsal surface of head with scales except for small naked anterior lateral areas; snout short, 33.7% HL, armed with terminal and lateral scutes; orbit large 37.9% HL; scales armed with rows of low, parallel spinules, with spinule rows overlapping hind margin of scale; 10 gill rakers on inner side of first arch; margin of upper lip dark brown (Ref. 26363).
Probably inhabits areas not suitable for sampling with a bottom trawl (Ref. 26363).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
McMillan, P.J. and C.D. Paulin, 1993. Description of nine new species of rattails of the genus Caelorinchus (Pisces, Macrouridae) from New Zealand. Copeia 1993(3):819-840. (Ref. 26363)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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