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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails) > Macrourinae
Etymology: Coelorinchus: Greek, koilos = a hollow + Greek, rhyngchos = jaw (Ref. 45335); sheni: Named for S.C. Shen of National Taiwan University.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 400 - 650 m (Ref. 54421). Deep-water, preferred ?

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Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 93.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54421); 42.0 cm TL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Snout relatively long, length about 2.5 in HL, with blunt tip and anterolateral margin incompletely supported by bone. Suborbital ridge with 2 rows of thick, stout, modified scales. Orbit large, about 2.0 in snout length. Mouth large with rictus more than 2/3 length of upper jaw. Opercular opening is far forward, with a free fold across isthmus. Underside of head scaled. Nasal fossa fully scaled. Body scales large, with 5-7 sharp, divergent rows of spinules. The light organ is small with a short and slender blackish streak. There are numerous prominent saddle markings on body; dusky triangular marking anteriorly on isthmus (Ref. 54421).

Feeds on fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 54421).

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Chiou, M.-L., K.-T. Shao and T. Iwamoto, 2004. A new species, Caelorinchus sheni, and 19 new records of grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan. Zool. Stud. 43(1):35-50. (Ref. 54421)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Coelorinchus sheni Chiou, Shao & Iwamoto, 2004