dogtooth grenadier
Cynomacrurus piriei Dollo, 1909
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Cynomacrurus piriei, the dogtooth grenadier, is a species of rattail that occurs in the southern oceans, mostly south of the Antarctic Convergence. This fish is found at depths of from 500 to 3,800 metres (1,600 to 12,500 ft). This species grows to a length of 50 centimetres (20 in) TL.
In 1909, Louis Dollo paper describing this species and circumscribing its monospecific genus Cynomacrurus was published. The species's type locality is in the Weddell Sea at 71°50′S 23°30′W. The holotype was collected by the Scotia during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition on 15 March 1904; it was later deposited in the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory. The specific epithet was named in honor of Harvey Pirie, who was the surgeon, geologist, and bacteriologist aboard the Scotia.
Wikipedia contributors, Cynomacrurus piriei; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:24:54.450366+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cynomacrurus piriei Dollo, 1909
- Name authority
- Dollo, 1909
- Common name
- dogtooth grenadier
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Cynomacrurus
- 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
- genusCynomacrurus Dollo, 1909
- speciesCynomacrurus piriei Dollo, 1909
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cynomacrurus pirei Dollo, 1909 Dollo, 1909 | 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.
- Dollo, L. (1909). Cynomacrurus piriei, poisson abyssal nouveau recueilli par l’Expédition Antarctique Nationale Ecossaise. Note préliminaire. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, v. 29 (pt 4, no. 18): 316–326. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600008956 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:6BW7C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.