HUMBOLDT GRENADIER

Coryphaenoides ariommus

External links

IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

Media Center Navigation

HUMBOLDT GRENADIER

Images


Choose images

Coryphaenoides ariommus Gilbert & Thompson, 1916 Coryphaenoides ariommus Gilbert & Thompson, 1916

Page navigation

Page 1

Table Of Contents

Description

Source and Additional Information
FishBase external link
 
See FishBase for additional references external link
Some rights reserved
Some rights reserved

Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 2 - 2; Anal spines: 0 - 0. Eyes large, its diameter 25 to 36 percent of head length; snout short, moderately pointed, its underside and leading edge naked except for scutes at the tip and lateral angles; chin with very small barbel. Scales on body with spinules (conical in young, more triangular and flattened in adults) arranged in divergent longitudinal rows. Overall color is light to medium brown; lips and barbel dark brown; oral cavity blackish.

Max size: 46 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1371)