Coelorinchus macrochir

• Main Authors: Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao, Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Coelorinchus; Coelorinchus macrochir; okhotsk sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12715498; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87BDFFC41141AB64E3DAFB1BFC79

Coelorinchus macrochir (Günther, 1877) Figure 7. Macrurus macrochir Günther, 1877:438 (holotype, BMNH 1887.12.7.123; off “Inoshima” [= Enoshima], Japan, Challenger sta. 232, 345 fm [631 m]). Abyssicola macrochir : Goode and Bean, 1896:417 (compiled, type-species for new genus Abyssicola ).— Gilbert and Hubbs, 1916:183–184–186 (36 spec., 91–634 mm TL; Pacific coast of Japan, 129–437 fm [236–799 m]).— Okamura, 1970:145–148, pl. XXXII, text-fig. 58 (136 spec., 173–680 mm TL; Japan: Hokkaido to East China Sea off Kagoshima Prefecture).— Okamura in Masuda et al., 1984:96, pl. 82–G (compiled).— Okamura in Okamura and Kitajima, 1984:221, 364 (1 spec., 590 mm TL; Okinawa Trough, 820 m).— Nakabo, 2002:429 (compiled). Coelorhynchus ( Abyssicola ) macrochir : Gilbert and Hubbs, 1920:425 (in key). Coelorinchus macrochir : Iwamoto, 1990:171 (compiled).— Shao et al., 2008: table 2 (2 spec., NET, 100–650 m; first record from Taiwan).— Honma et al., 2008:65–74 (Japan Sea).— Kim et al., 2009:110–112, fig. 5, table 2 (East Sea [Japan Sea], Korea). MATERIAL EXAMINED (2 spec.).— NET: ASIZP 65574 (1, 424 TL), Da-xi; ASIZP 66972 (1, 570 TL), Da-xi. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES .— 1D II, 9–11; P i16–i20; GR-I (inner) 10–12 total; scales below midbase 1D 4.5–6.0, below 2D 5.5–7.0; pyl.caeca 42–48. Snout rather bluntly conical to rounded in lateral profile, length 29–36% HL, anterolateral margin of snout incompletely supported by bone; a distinct curve in anterior portion of suborbital ridge; orbit 27–33% HL; mouth relatively large, upper jaw 34–42% HL. Nasal fossa and underside of head scaly; spinules on body scales short, broad, in 4–9 widely divergent rows. Vent about midway between pelvic-fin base and anal-fin origin; naked fossa of light organ close before vent (Group II of Iwamoto, 1990). Ground color brown, bluish ventrally on trunk; mouth and gill cavities blackish; fins dusky to blackish. Attains at least 680 mm TL. DISTRIBUTION .— Pacific coast of Japan (Hokkaido to Kyushu off Kagoshima), s. Okhotsk Sea, East China Sea (including ...