Coryphaenoides woodmasoni

Coryphaenoides woodmasoni is a fish species[2] belonging to the family Macrouridae and the order Gadiformes. The species was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1873 and named in honour of James Wood-Mason. There are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.[3]

Coryphaenoides woodmasoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Gadiformes
Family:
Macrouridae
Genus:
Coryphaenoides
Species:
C. woodmasoni
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides woodmasoni
(Alcock, 1890)
Synonyms

Macrourus woodmasoni
    Alcock, 1890[1]
Macrurus woodmasoni
    Alcock, 1890[1]

Morphology

The males can reach a length of 53 cm.[4][1]

Habitat

The species is a deep-water fish that lives in depths from 1240 to 1829 meters (4070 to 6000 feet).[4]

Geographic distribution

The range of C. woodmasoni is the Indian Ocean off the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the Mascarene Ridge and the Ninety East Ridge.[4]

References
  1. Shcherbachev, Y.N. and T. Iwamoto (1995) Indian Ocean grenadiers of the subgenus Coryphaenoides, genus Coryphaenoides (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Pisces). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48(14):285-314.
  2. drawing from 1995 article by Y. N. Shcherbachev and T. Iwamoto
  3. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D., eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.
  4. FishBase

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