Macrouridae

rough abyssal grenadier

Coryphaenoides yaquinae

Sixty Three Centimeters Macrourid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Large

The rough abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides yaquinae) is a species of deep-sea grenadier fish in the family Macrouridae. First described as a separate species in 1974, the rough abyssal grenadier was historically confused with its congener, Coryphaenoides armatus. Unlike C. armatus, which has been recorded in the waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Southern oceans, observations of C. yaquinae have been confined exclusively to the Pacific ocean.