Macrouridae

• Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Faroe Islands; Indian; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5618905; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618905

Family Macrouridae Trachyrincus scabrus (Rafinesque, 1810) —Roughsnout grenadier 69 specimens were caught at depths between 711 and 1,101 m. Length data were available for 17 specimens ranging from 2.5 to 20 cm PAL. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal at depth range 300–1,700 m. North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic, from Scotland to South Africa. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase). Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 —Glasshead grenadier 56 specimens were caught at depths between 731 and 868 m. Length data were available for 16 specimens ranging from 3 to 5.5 cm PAL. Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic at depth range 100–1,400 m. Atlantic and western Indian oceans and in the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from the Gulf of Biscay to Angola and South Africa. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), LMV (FishBase). Coelorinchus caelorinchus (Risso, 1810) —Hollowsnout grenadier 9 specimens were caught at depths between 749 and 1,041 m. Length data were available for 7 specimens ranging from 1 to 10 cm PAL. Habitat and Distribution: benthopelagic at depth range 90–1,250 m, usually 200– 500. North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Iceland and Faroe Islands to Mauritania. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HV (FishBase). Coelorinchus labiatus (Koelher, 1896) —Spearsnouted grenadier 117 specimens were caught at depths between 1,094 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for 117 specimens ranging from 8.5 to 18 cm PAL (12.3 ± 2.2). Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal at depth range 460– 2,220 m. North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. In the eastern Atlantic, from Iceland to Mauritania. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase). Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765 —Roundhead rat-tail 34 specimens were caught at depths between 720 and 1,536 m. Length data were available for 13 specimens ranging from 5 to 13 cm PAL. Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic at depth range 180–2,600 m, in continental, island, and seamount ...