Grenadier cod
Appearance
Grenadier cod | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Moridae |
Genus: | Tripterophycis |
Species: | T. gilchristi
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Binomial name | |
Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902
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The grenadier cod or chiseltooth grenadier cod,[1] Tripterophycis gilchristi, is a morid cod of the genus Tripterophycis, found in the mid-south Atlantic Ocean, and around southern Australia, South Africa, Sumatra, and New Zealand. This species is found in marine environments on the continental slope.[2][3]
The average length of an unsexed male is about 33 cm.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Common names". Website of Everything. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Tripterophycis gilchristi". FishBase. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Tripterophycis gilchristi Chiseltooth grenadier cod". Animal Diversity. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
Notes
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Tripterophycis gilchristi" in 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