(ofMacrurus 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
original description(ofCoryphaenoides 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(ofMacrurus 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(ofMacrurus 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(ofNematonurus 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 recordFroese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online athttps://www.fishbase.org[details]
Ecology
ecology sourceLooby, 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 athttps://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 athttp://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 athttps://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]
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]