Coryphaenoides woodmasoni explained

Coryphaenoides woodmasoni is a fish species^[1] belonging to the family Macrouridae and the order Gadiformes. The species was described by Alfred William Alcock in 1873 and named in honour of James Wood-Mason. There are no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life.^[2]

Morphology

The males can reach a length of 53 cm.^[3]

Habitat

The species is a deep-water fish that lives in depths from 1240 to 1829 meters (4070 to 6000 feet).^[3]

Geographic distribution

The range of C. woodmasoni is the Indian Ocean off the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the Mascarene Ridge and the Ninety East Ridge.^[3]

Sources

• Fenner, Robert M.: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, New Jersey]]: T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, 1997.
• Hoese, D.F. 1986. M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
• Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium; and ORSTOM, París. Vol. 2.
• Moyle, P. and J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4th edition, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3rd edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons. 1994.
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd edition, London: Macdonald. 1985.

Notes and References

1. http://biostor.org/reference/77795/page/22 drawing from 1995 article by Y. N. Shcherbachev and T. Iwamoto
2. Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.. Bisby F.A.. Roskov Y.R.. Orrell T.M.. Nicolson D.. Paglinawan L.E.. Bailly N.. Kirk P.M.. Bourgoin T.. Baillargeon G.. Ouvrard D.. 2011. Species 2000: Reading, UK..
3. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=52229&genusname=Coryphaenoides&speciesname=woodmasoni FishBase