Macrouridae

rock grenadier

Coryphaenoides rupestris

Macrourid Fish from Western Atlantic

• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Europe
• North America
• Elongated
• Large

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.