Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Gadiformes > Family Macrouridae > Subfamily Macrourinae > Genus Coryphaenoides

Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) rupestris*	Gunnerus, 1765	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): skolest sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: skolæst sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: rock grenadier; roundhead rat-tail; roundnose grenadier sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.

English-United States: Roundhead Rat-tail sources: Charles Hussey

French: grenadier de roche sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Norwegian: skolest sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: skolest

Norwegian Nynorsk: skolest

Nynorsk (Norwegian): skolest sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: skoläst; storfjällig skoläst sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Welsh: cynffon llygoden

Literature

basis of record	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
FishBase
GenBank (44 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158960