Coryphaenoides brevibarbis (Goode & Bean, 1896)
photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Family:  Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Max. size:  35 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathypelagic; marine; depth range 430 - 4700 m
Distribution:  Northeast Atlantic: east of southern Greenland southward to the Azores; Irish continental slope to the Bay of Biscay and off northern Spain. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Western Atlantic off the coasts of North America.
Diagnosis:  Mandible with a single row of teeth. Spinules or scales disposed in slightly diverging rows. Head scaled except for gular and branchiostegal membranes, lower surface of snout and sub orbital region, lunate area on either side of the snout. Body pale brown, lips, lining of gill cavities and peritoneum blackish (Ref. 37108).
Biology:  Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans (Ref. 6187) and worms (Ref. 58426).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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