Spearsnouted grenadier
Species of fish
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The spearsnouted grenadier (Coelorinchus labiatus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.[3]
| Spearsnouted grenadier | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Genus: | Coelorinchus |
| Species: | C. labiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coelorinchus labiatus (Koehler, 1896) | |
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Description
The spearsnouted grenadier is greyish in colour, with the mouth, gill cavities and first dorsal fin blackish.[4] It is up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) in length. It has two dorsal spines and the photophore is short and not visible externally.[5]
Habitat
The spearsnouted grenadier lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean; it is bathydemersal, living at depths of 460–2,220 m (1,510–7,280 ft).[6]
Behaviour
The spearsnouted grenadier feeds on crustaceans and small fish. It lives up to 10 years. Lepidapedon arlenae and Derogenes varicus are parasitic upon it.[7]
