rock grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Coryphaenoides rupestris
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Open encyclopedia reference
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 Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Coryphaenoides rupestris; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:17:00.690148+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
- Name authority
- Gunnerus, 1765
- Common name
- rock grenadier
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Coryphaenoides
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGadiformes
- familyMacrouridae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyMacrourinae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusCoryphaenoides Gunnerus, 1765
- speciesCoryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Coryphaenoides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Coryphaenoides altipinnis Günther, 1877 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides delsolari Chirichigno F. & Iwamoto, 1977 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides soyoae Nakayama & Endo, 2016 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific grenadierCoryphaenoides acrolepis (Bean, 1884) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides affinis Günther, 1878 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides alateralis Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides anguliceps (Garman, 1899) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| abyssal grenadierCoryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides boops (Garman, 1899) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides bucephalus (Garman, 1899) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coryphaenoides camurus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| carapine grenadierCoryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ledipoleprus norvegicus Nilsson, 1832 Nilsson, 1832 | synonym |
| Macrurus norvegicus (Nilsson, 1832) (Nilsson, 1832) | synonym |
| Macrourus rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765) (Gunnerus, 1765) | synonym |
| Lepidoleprus norvegicus Nilsson, 1832 Nilsson, 1832 | synonym |
| Macrourus stroemii Reinhardt, 1825 Reinhardt, 1825 | synonym |
| Macrurus rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765) (Gunnerus, 1765) | synonym |
| Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) rupestris Gunnerus, 1765 Gunnerus, 1765 | synonym |
| Coryphaena rupestris (Gunnerus, 1765) (Gunnerus, 1765) | synonym |
| Coryphaenoides norvegicus (Nilsson, 1832) (Nilsson, 1832) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gunnerus, J. E. (1765). Efterretning om Berglaxen, en rar Norsk fisk, som kunde kaldes: Coryphaenoides rupestris. Der Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter, v. 3: 50–58, Pl. 3. [German translation appeared in Der Drontheimischen Gesellschaft Schriften v. 3, 1767: 43–50.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6B6SH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.