The spearsnouted grenadier (Coelorinchus labiatus) is a species of fish in the family Macrouridae.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Genus: | Coelorinchus |
| Species: | C. labiatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coelorinchus labiatus (Koehler, 1896)
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (July 11, 2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Coelorinchus labiatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Coelorinchus labiatus (Köhler, 1896)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107083820 – via Google Books.
- Cohen, Daniel M. (July 29, 1990). Gadiform Fishes of the World: Order Gadiformes, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and Other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251028902 – via Google Books.
- Rogers, Alex D.; Gianni, Matthew (August 29, 2011). Implementation of UNGA Resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 in the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries on the High Seas. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 9781437987799 – via Google Books.
- "Cybium" (in French). Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Laboratoire d'ichtyologie générale et appliquée. July 29, 2002 – via Google Books. - ^ "Coelorinchus labiatus". NBN Atlas.
- ^ "Coelorinchus labiatus, Spearsnouted grenadier". Fishbase.[dead link]
- ^ Ramos, Ana; Ramil, Fran; Sanz, José Luis (September 25, 2017). Deep-Sea Ecosystems Off Mauritania: Research of Marine Biodiversity and Habitats in the Northwest African Margin. Springer. ISBN 9789402410235 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Coelorinchus labiatus (Köhler, 1896)". World Register of Marine Speciesg.
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