WoRMS taxon details
Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
158952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158952)
accepted
Species
Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus (Hector, 1875) · alternative representation
Coryphaenoides abyssorum (Gilbert, 1915) · unaccepted
Coryphaenoides cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896) · unaccepted
Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Coryphaenoides suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897) · unaccepted
Coryphaenoides variabilis Günther, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dolloa cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896) · unaccepted
Hymenocephalus goodei (Günther, 1887) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym)
Macrurus asper Goode & Bean, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Macrurus cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896) · unaccepted
Macrurus goodii Günther, 1887 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Moseleya cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896) · unaccepted
Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875) · unaccepted
Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nematonurus gigas (Vaillant, 1888) · unaccepted
Nematonurus goodei (Günther, 1887) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Nematonurus suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875) Hector, J. (1875). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in the New-Zealand seas by H. M. S -"Challenger" Expedition, July 1874. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 11): 78-82. [details]
Distribution Worldwide; marginal to the Southern Ocean
Distribution Worldwide; marginal to the Southern Ocean [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158952 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888) Vaillant, L. L. (1888). Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. <em>Poissons. Paris.</em> 1-406, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875) Hector, J. (1875). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in the New-Zealand seas by H. M. S -"Challenger" Expedition, July 1874. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 11): 78-82. [details]
original description (of Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897) Gill, T. N.; Townsend, C. H. (1897). Diagnoses of new species of fishes found in Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 231-234. [details]
original description (of Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896) Gilbert, C. H. (1896). The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875) Hector, J. (1875). Descriptions of five new species of fishes obtained in the New-Zealand seas by H. M. S -"Challenger" Expedition, July 1874. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4).</em> v. 15 (no. 85) (art. 11): 78-82. [details]
original description (of Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897) Gill, T. N.; Townsend, C. H. (1897). Diagnoses of new species of fishes found in Bering Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 231-234. [details]
original description (of Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896) Gilbert, C. H. (1896). The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (CCZ) Amon, D.; Ziegler, A.; Drazen, J.; Grischenko, A.; Leitner, A.; Lindsay, D.; Voight, J.; Wicksten, M.; Young, C.; Smith, C. (2017). Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca. <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 5., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.5.e14598 [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
context source (CCZ) Amon, D.; Ziegler, A.; Drazen, J.; Grischenko, A.; Leitner, A.; Lindsay, D.; Voight, J.; Wicksten, M.; Young, C.; Smith, C. (2017). Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Ctenophora, Mollusca. <em>Biodiversity Data Journal.</em> 5., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.5.e14598 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on a variety of benthic invertebrates (especially crustaceans and holothuroids) when young, switching to primarily mesopelagic and bathypelagic fish, and sea urchins and cephalopods as adults [details]Distribution Worldwide; marginal to the Southern Ocean [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat A deep-slope upper continental rise species, common in deep waters of most oceans. [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smoothscale rattail [from synonym]russet grenadierarmoured rat-tail [from synonym]abyssal grenedierabyssal grenadier | [details] |
| French | grenadier roux | [details] |
| Japanese | ヨロイダラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coryphaenoides cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrurus cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Hymenocephalus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides variabilis Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus (Hector, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides abyssorum (Gilbert, 1915))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Macrurus asper Goode & Bean, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrurus goodii Günther, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dolloa cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Moseleya cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus gigas (Vaillant, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryphaenoides armatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides abyssorum (Gilbert, 1915))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides variabilis Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Dolloa cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Moseleya cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus goodii Günther, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus gigas (Vaillant, 1888))
To FishBase (from synonym Hymenocephalus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus asper Goode & Bean, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875))
To FishBase images (Coryphaenoides armatus, by Orlov, A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 46 proteins) (from synonym Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacocephalus abyssorum P14166 illustration) (from synonym Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915)
To PESI (from synonym Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875))
To PESI (from synonym Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus (Hector, 1875))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coryphaenoides cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrurus cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Hymenocephalus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides variabilis Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus (Hector, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides abyssorum (Gilbert, 1915))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Macrurus asper Goode & Bean, 1883)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Macrurus goodii Günther, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Dolloa cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Moseleya cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus gigas (Vaillant, 1888))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Nematonurus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coryphaenoides armatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides abyssorum (Gilbert, 1915))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides gigas Vaillant, 1888)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Coryphaenoides variabilis Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Dolloa cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus suborbitalis Gill & Townsend, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Moseleya cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus cyclolepis (Gilbert, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus goodii Günther, 1887)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus cyclolepis Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus suborbitalis (Gill & Townsend, 1897))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus gigas (Vaillant, 1888))
To FishBase (from synonym Hymenocephalus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus goodei (Günther, 1887))
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrurus asper Goode & Bean, 1883)
To FishBase (from synonym Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875))
To FishBase images (Coryphaenoides armatus, by Orlov, A.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 46 proteins)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 46 proteins) (from synonym Macrurus armatus Hector, 1875)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Malacocephalus abyssorum P14166 illustration) (from synonym Nematonurus abyssorum Gilbert, 1915)
To PESI (from synonym Nematonurus armatus (Hector, 1875))
To PESI (from synonym Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus (Hector, 1875))
To PESI
To ITIS
