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

Coryphaenoides Gunnerus, 1765

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chalinura*	Goode & Bean, 1883	synonym
*Lionurus*	Günther, 1887	synonym
*Nematonurus*	Günther, 1887	synonym

Children

Coryphaenoides (Chalinura)
Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides)
Coryphaenoides (Lionurus)
Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus)
Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
Coryphaenoides brevibarbis (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Coryphaenoides carapinus Goode & Bean, 1883
Coryphaenoides guentheri (Vaillant, 1888)
Coryphaenoides leptolepis Günther, 1877
Coryphaenoides mediterraneus (Giglioli, 1893)
Coryphaenoides profundicolus (Nybelin, 1957)
Coryphaenoides rudis Günther, 1878
Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
Coryphaenoides thelestomus Maul, 1951
Coryphaenoides zaniophorus (Vaillant, 1888)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホカケダラ属

Literature

original description	Gunnerus, J. E. (1765). Efterretning om Berglaxen, en rar Norsk fisk, som kunde kaldes: Coryphaenoides rupestris. Der Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter. v. 3: 50-58, Pl. 3. [German translation appeared in Der Drontheimischen Gesellschaft Schriften v. 3, 1767: 43-50.].
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coryphaenoides Gunnerus, 1765. 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:125748