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| Abyssal grenadier Coryphaenoides rudis Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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| Species: | C. rudis
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| Coryphaenoides rudis Günther, 1878
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The Rudis rattail (Coryphaenoides armatus) is a fish of the genus Coryphaenoides, found in all the world's tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths of between 600 and 2,300 metres. Its length is between 30 and 40 centimetres, although Fishbase gives lengths of up to 1.1 metres.
The Rudis rattail has the usual greatly elongated pointed tail of the rattails, as well as large eyes, but a slightly smaller head with no pronounced bony ridges. The scales have longer spines than other members of this genus.
Color is uniformly dark brown with black edges to the eye and operculum, and anal fin.
The Rudis rattail feeds on a variety of cephalopods as adults.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coryphaenoides rudis". FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8