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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coryphaenoides: Greek, koryphaina = dolphin fish + Suffix oides = similar to (Ref. 45335); soyoae: Named for Soyo-maru, a fisheries research vessel of the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, on which the type specimens were collected.
Eponymy: The ‘Soyo-maru’, from which the holotype was collected, is a research vessel of the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 2740 - 2991 m (Ref. 107793). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 107793)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nakayama, N. and H. Endo, 2017. A new species of the grenadier genus Coryphaenoides (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Japan and a range externsion of Coryphaenoides rudis Günther 1878 in the northwestern Pacific. Ichthyol. Res. 64:1-12. (Ref. 107793)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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