Coryphaenoides yaquinae

Description

General: May not be distinguishable from C. armatus on video (may be annotated as C. armatus-yaquinae complex), however refer to Jamieson et al. 2012.

Size: to 87 cm

Geographic Information

Published depth range: California: 3,600 - 6,400 m.

Habitat description: Demersal.

Additional Information

Consulting taxonomist: Jeff Drazen, University of Hawai`i at Manoa.

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Jamieson, A.J., I.G. Priede, and J. Craig (2012). Distinguishing between the abyssal macrourids Coryphaenoides yaquinae and C. armatus from in situ photography. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 64: 78-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2012.02.001

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto, and N. Scialabba (1990). An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. FAO, Rome, Italy. 442 pp.

Iwamoto, T. and D.L. Stein (1974). A Systematic Review of the Rattail Fishes (Macrouridae: Gadiformes) from Oregon and Adjacent Waters. Occasional Papers of the California A1:F979 of Sciences, 111: 1-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.15932

Love, M.S., C.W. Mecklenberg, T.A. Mecklenberg, and L.K. Thorsteinson (2005). Resource Inventory of Marine and Estuarine Fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A Checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean Species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon Border. U.S. Geological Survey:1-278.