Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gadiformes > Family Macrouridae > Subfamily Macrourinae > Genus Coryphaenoides

Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coryphaenoides*	Gunnerus, 1765	accepted genus name
*Chalinura*	Goode & Bean, 1883	synonym
*Lionurus*	Günther, 1887	synonym
*Nematonurus*	Günther, 1887	synonym

Species group names

*Chalinura leptolepis*	(Günther, 1877)	synonym
*Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) leptolepis*	Günther, 1877	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: ghostly grenadier sources: Gillespie, G. E. (1993). An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p.

French: grenadier à écailles minces

Literature

original description	Günther, A. (1877). Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H. M. S. `Challenger.'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4). v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56): 433-446.
basis of record	Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, 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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Coryphaenoides leptolepis, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158959