Roundnose Grenadier
Coryphaenoides rupestris
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Fish
Coryphaenoides rupestris is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Macrouridae. Its common names include the rock grenadier, the roundnose grenadier and the roundhead rat-tail. In France it is known as grenadier de roche and in Spain as granadero de roca. It is a large, deep-water species and is fished commercially in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Coryphaenoides