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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. FishBase

Sources
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