Carapine grenadier

The carapine grenadier (Coryphaenoides carapinus) is a species of deep-sea fish in the family Macrouridae.^[3][4]

Carapine grenadier
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) (Europe assessment)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Genus:	Coryphaenoides
Species:	C. carapinus
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides carapinus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883)
Synonyms[2]
Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883 Chalinura carapina Goode & Bean, 1883 Chaulinura carapina Goode & Bean, 1883 Coryphaenoides (Lionurus) carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883 Lionurus carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883 Macrurus carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883 Nematonurus ferrani Goode & Bean, 1883 Coryphaenoides carapinus Fraser-Brunner, 1935

Its name (pronounced /ˈkærəpaɪn/) refers to its resemblance to the Carapus pearlfishes.^[5]

Description

The carapine grenadier is pale grey with a peppering of melanophores.^[6] It is up to 45 cm (18 in) in length. It has a narrow band of pointed teeth in the premaxillae.^[7][8]

Habitat

The carapine grenadier lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean; it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 384–5,610 m (1,260–18,406 ft).^[9]

Behaviour

The carapine grenadier feeds on polychaete worms, copepods, amphipods, isopods and mysids.^[8]