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Coryphaenoides Gunnerus, 1765

125748  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125748)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Gadiformes (Order)
  11. Macrouridae (Family)
  12. Macrourinae (Subfamily)
  13. Coryphaenoides (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cariburus Parr, 1946 · unaccepted
Chalinura Goode & Bean, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chaulinura · unaccepted (misspelling)
Dolloa Jordan, 1900 · unaccepted
Moseleya Goode & Bean, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Coryphaenoides (Chalinura)
    1. Species Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) brevibarbis (Goode & Bean, 1896) represented as Coryphaenoides brevibarbis (Goode & Bean, 1896)
    2. Species Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) leptolepis Günther, 1877 represented as Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877
    3. Species Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893) represented as Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893)
    4. Species Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) profundicolus (Nybelin, 1957) represented as Coryphaenoides profundicolus (Nybelin, 1957)
  2. Subgenus Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides)
    1. Species Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) guentheri (Vaillant, 1888) represented as Coryphaenoides guentheri (Vaillant, 1888)
    2. Species Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) rudis Günther, 1878 represented as Coryphaenoides rudis Günther, 1878
    3. Species Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) rupestris Gunnerus, 1765 represented as Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
    4. Species Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) thelestomus Maul, 1951 represented as Coryphaenoides thelestomus Maul, 1951
    5. Species Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) zaniophorus (Vaillant, 1888) represented as Coryphaenoides zaniophorus (Vaillant, 1888)
  3. Subgenus Coryphaenoides (Lionurus)
    1. Species Coryphaenoides (Lionurus) carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883 represented as Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883
  4. Subgenus Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus)
    1. Species Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus (Hector, 1875) represented as Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
  5. Species Coryphaenoides acrolepis (Bean, 1884)
  6. Species Coryphaenoides affinis Günther, 1878
  7. Species Coryphaenoides alateralis Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
  8. Species Coryphaenoides altipinnis Günther, 1877
  9. Species Coryphaenoides anguliceps (Garman, 1899)
  10. Species Coryphaenoides ariommus Gilbert & Thompson, 1916
  11. Species Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
  12. Species Coryphaenoides asper Günther, 1877
  13. Species Coryphaenoides asprellus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  14. Species Coryphaenoides boops (Garman, 1899)
  15. Species Coryphaenoides brevibarbis (Goode & Bean, 1896)
  16. Species Coryphaenoides bucephalus (Garman, 1899)
  17. Species Coryphaenoides bulbiceps (Garman, 1899)
  18. Species Coryphaenoides camurus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  19. Species Coryphaenoides capito (Garman, 1899)
  20. Species Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883
  21. Species Coryphaenoides carminifer (Garman, 1899)
  22. Species Coryphaenoides castaneus Shcherbachev & Iwamoto, 1995
  23. Species Coryphaenoides cinereus (Gilbert, 1896)
  24. Species Coryphaenoides delsolari Chirichigno F. & Iwamoto, 1977
  25. Species Coryphaenoides dossenus McMillan, 1999
  26. Species Coryphaenoides dubius (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  27. Species Coryphaenoides fernandezianus (Günther, 1887)
  28. Species Coryphaenoides ferrieri (Regan, 1913)
  29. Species Coryphaenoides filamentosus Okamura, 1970
  30. Species Coryphaenoides filicauda Günther, 1878
  31. Species Coryphaenoides filifer (Gilbert, 1896)
  32. Species Coryphaenoides grahami Iwamoto & Shcherbachev, 1991
  33. Species Coryphaenoides guentheri (Vaillant, 1888)
  34. Species Coryphaenoides gypsochilus Iwamoto & McCosker, 2001
  35. Species Coryphaenoides hextii (Alcock, 1890)
  36. Species Coryphaenoides hoskynii (Alcock, 1890)
  37. Species Coryphaenoides lecointei (Dollo, 1900)
  38. Species Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877
  39. Species Coryphaenoides liocephalus (Günther, 1887)
  40. Species Coryphaenoides longicirrhus (Gilbert, 1905)
  41. Species Coryphaenoides longifilis Günther, 1877
  42. Species Coryphaenoides macrolophus (Alcock, 1889)
  43. Species Coryphaenoides marginatus Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887
  44. Species Coryphaenoides marshalli Iwamoto, 1970
  45. Species Coryphaenoides mcmillani Iwamoto & Shcherbachev, 1991
  46. Species Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893)
  47. Species Coryphaenoides mexicanus (Parr, 1946)
  48. Species Coryphaenoides microps (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  49. Species Coryphaenoides microstomus McMillan, 1999
  50. Species Coryphaenoides murrayi Günther, 1878
  51. Species Coryphaenoides myersi Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1988
  52. Species Coryphaenoides nasutus Günther, 1877
  53. Species Coryphaenoides oreinos Iwamoto & Sazonov, 1988
  54. Species Coryphaenoides orthogrammus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  55. Species Coryphaenoides paramarshalli Merrett, 1983
  56. Species Coryphaenoides profundicolus (Nybelin, 1957)
  57. Species Coryphaenoides rudis Günther, 1878
  58. Species Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
  59. Species Coryphaenoides semiscaber Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
  60. Species Coryphaenoides serrulatus Günther, 1878
  61. Species Coryphaenoides sibogae Weber & de Beaufort, 1929
  62. Species Coryphaenoides soyoae Nakayama & Endo, 2016
  63. Species Coryphaenoides spinulosus (Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
  64. Species Coryphaenoides striaturus Barnard, 1925
  65. Species Coryphaenoides subserrulatus Makushok, 1976
  66. Species Coryphaenoides thelestomus Maul, 1951
  67. Species Coryphaenoides tydemani (Weber, 1913)
  68. Species Coryphaenoides woodmasoni (Alcock, 1890)
  69. Species Coryphaenoides yaquinae Iwamoto & Stein, 1974
  70. Species Coryphaenoides zaniophorus (Vaillant, 1888)
  71. Species Coryphaenoides abyssorum (Gilbert, 1915) accepted as Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
  72. Species Coryphaenoides aequalis Günther, 1878 accepted as Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)
  73. Species Coryphaenoides aequatoris (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) accepted as Coryphaenoides asprellus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  74. Species Coryphaenoides altipennis Günther, 1877 accepted as Coryphaenoides altipinnis Günther, 1877
  75. Species Coryphaenoides asperrimus Vaillant, 1888 accepted as Trachonurus sulcatus (Goode & Bean, 1885)
  76. Species Coryphaenoides awae Jordan & Gilbert, 1904 accepted as Coryphaenoides marginatus Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887 (synonym)
  77. Species Coryphaenoides bairdii (Goode & Bean, 1877) accepted as Nezumia bairdii (Goode & Bean, 1877)
  78. Species Coryphaenoides barattinii Fowler, 1943 accepted as Coelorinchus marinii Hubbs, 1934
  79. Species Coryphaenoides berglax (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Macrourus berglax Lacepède, 1801
  80. Species Coryphaenoides bonanox Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Coryphaenoides acrolepis (Bean, 1884) (synonym)
  81. Species Coryphaenoides bona-nox Jordan & Thompson, 1914 accepted as Coryphaenoides acrolepis (Bean, 1884) (misspelling)
  82. Species Coryphaenoides carinatus Günther, 1878 accepted as Macrourus carinatus (Günther, 1878)
  83. Species Coryphaenoides carminatus (Garman, 1899) accepted as Coryphaenoides carminifer (Garman, 1899) (misspelling)
  84. Species Coryphaenoides clarki (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898) accepted as Coryphaenoides longifilis Günther, 1877
  85. Species Coryphaenoides colon Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973 accepted as Coryphaenoides zaniophorus (Vaillant, 1888) (synonym)
  86. Species Coryphaenoides crassiceps Günther, 1878 accepted as Cetonurus crassiceps (Günther, 1878)
  87. Species Coryphaenoides cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896) accepted as Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
  88. Species Coryphaenoides denticulatus (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Lepidorhynchus denticulatus Richardson, 1846
  89. Species Coryphaenoides filicaudus Günther, 1878 accepted as Coryphaenoides filicauda Günther, 1878 (misspelling)
  90. Species Coryphaenoides filifera (Gilbert, 1896) accepted as Coryphaenoides filifer (Gilbert, 1896)
  91. Species Coryphaenoides firmisquamis (Gill & Townsend, 1897) accepted as Coryphaenoides acrolepis (Bean, 1884)
  92. Species Coryphaenoides garmani Jordan & Gilbert, 1904 accepted as Ventrifossa garmani (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904)
  93. Species Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888 accepted as Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875) (synonym)
  94. Species Coryphaenoides holotrachys (Günther, 1878) accepted as Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878
  95. Species Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
  96. Species Coryphaenoides houttuynii Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) (misspelling)
  97. Species Coryphaenoides hyostomus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) accepted as Mataeocephalus hyostomus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  98. Species Coryphaenoides ingolfi (Lütken, 1898) accepted as Coryphaenoides guentheri (Vaillant, 1888)
  99. Species Coryphaenoides latinasutus (Garman, 1899) accepted as Coryphaenoides anguliceps (Garman, 1899)
  100. Species Coryphaenoides lepturus (Gill & Townsend, 1897) accepted as Coryphaenoides filifer (Gilbert, 1896)
  101. Species Coryphaenoides liraticeps (Garman, 1899) accepted as Coryphaenoides anguliceps (Garman, 1899)
  102. Species Coryphaenoides lophotes (Alcock, 1889) accepted as Coryphaenoides macrolophus (Alcock, 1889)
  103. Species Coryphaenoides macrocephalus (Maul, 1951) accepted as Coryphaenoides rudis Günther, 1878
  104. Species Coryphaenoides mediterranea (Giglioli, 1893) accepted as Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  105. Species Coryphaenoides microlepis Günther, 1878 accepted as Lucigadus microlepis (Günther, 1878)
  106. Species Coryphaenoides misakius Jordan & Gilbert, 1904 accepted as Ventrifossa misakia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904)
  107. Species Coryphaenoides norvegicus (Nilsson, 1832) accepted as Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
  108. Species Coryphaenoides novaezelandiae Hector, 1871 accepted as Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) (basionym)
  109. Species Coryphaenoides paradoxus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) accepted as Coryphaenoides rudis Günther, 1878
  110. Species Coryphaenoides pectoralis (Gilbert, 1892) accepted as Albatrossia pectoralis (Gilbert, 1892)
  111. Species Coryphaenoides quadripennatus McCann & McKnight, 1980 accepted as Coryphaenoides subserrulatus Makushok, 1976 (synonym)
  112. Species Coryphaenoides serratus (Lowe, 1843) accepted as Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)
  113. Species Coryphaenoides serrula (Bean, 1890) accepted as Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877
  114. Species Coryphaenoides simulus (Goode & Bean, 1883) accepted as Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877
  115. Species Coryphaenoides striatura Barnard, 1925 accepted as Coryphaenoides striaturus Barnard, 1925 (synonym)
  116. Species Coryphaenoides sublaevis Vaillant, 1888 accepted as Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885
  117. Species Coryphaenoides suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897) accepted as Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
  118. Species Coryphaenoides sulcatus Goode & Bean, 1885 accepted as Trachonurus sulcatus (Goode & Bean, 1885)
  119. Species Coryphaenoides talismani Collett, 1905 accepted as Coelorinchus labiatus (Köhler, 1896)
  120. Species Coryphaenoides tasmaniae Johnston, 1883 accepted as Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871)
  121. Species Coryphaenoides variabilis Günther, 1878 accepted as Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875) (synonym)
  122. Species Coryphaenoides villosus Günther, 1877 accepted as Trachonurus villosus (Günther, 1877)
  123. Species Coryphaenoides whitsoni (Regan, 1913) accepted as Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gunnerus, J. E. (1765). Efterretning om Berglaxen, en rar Norsk fisk, som kunde kaldes: Coryphaenoides rupestris. Der Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter. v. 3: 50-58, Pl. 3. [German translation appeared in Der Drontheimischen Gesellschaft Schriften v. 3, 1767: 43-50.]. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coryphaenoides Gunnerus, 1765. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125748 on 2025-04-10
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2013-02-26 10:10:34Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Gunnerus, J. E. (1765). Efterretning om Berglaxen, en rar Norsk fisk, som kunde kaldes: Coryphaenoides rupestris. Der Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter. v. 3: 50-58, Pl. 3. [German translation appeared in Der Drontheimischen Gesellschaft Schriften v. 3, 1767: 43-50.]. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese ホカケダラ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Catalog of Fishes 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryphaenoides) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Moseleya) (from synonym Moseleya Goode & Bean, 1896)
To Genbank 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Coryphaenoides sp., 3654 m Septentrional Fault, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Océano Profundo 2015. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Coryphaenoides sp., 1041 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Coryphaenoides sp., 1787 m Noroit Seamount, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
Coryphaenoides sp., 2518 m Mona Rift, Caribbean. Photograph courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust. Identification from photograph by A. Quattrini et al. For more information see: Quattrini AM, Demopoulos AWJ, Singer R, Roa-Veron A, Chaytor JD (2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 123: 90-104.
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