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Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, [1] the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic , members of this subfamily are amongst the most abundant of the deep-sea fish.
Coryphaenoides rupestris is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Macrouridae. Its common names include the rock grenadier, the roundnose grenadier and the roundhead rat-tail. In France it is known as grenadier de roche and in Spain as granadero de roca. It is a large, deep-water species and is fished commercially in the northern ...
The snout is pointed and the small mouth is set far back on the lower side of the head with a short barbel underneath. There are 3 to 5 rows of sharp teeth in the upper jaw and 1 or 2 rows in the lower jaw. The eye is large and bulbous, giving the fish its alternative name of onion-eye grenadier.
The roughnose grenadier (Trachyrincus murrayi) is a species of fish in the subfamily Macrourinae (rat-tails). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The species is named for Sir John Murray . [ 5 ]
The abyssal grenadier, Coryphaenoides armatus, is an abyssal fish of the genus Coryphaenoides, found in all the world's oceans, at depths between 800 and 4,000 metres (2,600 and 13,100 ft). Its adult length is 20 to 40 centimetres (8 to 16 in), although Fishbase [ 2 ] gives lengths up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in).
The deepwater grenadier is very large for its genus, measuring up to 129 cm (4.23 ft) and 14 kg (31 lb). [8] Olfaction and taste are important senses for finding prey, which is unsurprising as it lives in the near-total darkness of the deep sea. [9] [8] It has a swim bladder, showing that it is a mobile forager. [10]
Günther's grenadier has a measurement of up to 50 cm (20 in). [9] The head is compressed, with large eyes; the body is generally brownish, with the mouth and gill cavity darker. [ 9 ]
The Mediterranean grenadier has a measurement of up to 73 cm (29 in). [6] The head is scaled except for its gular and branchiostegal membranes; it has a blunt snout. [7] [8] Its brain shows increased volume in the octavolateral area (premotor organization of body movements) and gustatory area (taste); this is unsurprising as it lives in near-total darkness and is dependent on chemosensory ...