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 mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893)

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 mediterranea*	Giglioli, 1893	synonym
*Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) mediterraneus*	(Giglioli, 1893)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	BIOCEAN
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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 mediterraneus, by FAO)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893). 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:183099