D 11,8-10 + ca. 100; P 18-22; V 10-12; lateral GR (0-1)+(0-9). medial
(1-3) +( 10-11); 8- 10 scales helow 2nd D. Snout more pointed in young.
Most ventral surfaces of snout, suhorhital and mandihles naked; pores
prominent in these areas. Body scales covered with slender, sharp
spinules arranged in 3- \0 (more in larger individuals) parallel rows, the
median row slightly larger than lateral rows. Spinuks reduced in specimens more than 10 cm HL. Ahdomen long, distance isthmus to A more
than head length. Horizontal eye diameter ahout -+-5 in head length; less
than interorhital width, much less than snout length. Barhelless than eye
diameter.
Attains at least fl,7 cm. An abyssal species in all oceans
except Arctic; one Atlantic record off South Africa (SAM
23396); predominant depth range 2 000 - 4 000 m,
93.10 Coryphaenoides armatus: 22 em (after GOnther; 1887).
93.11 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) sp. indet.
D IL9 + ,?; P 19-21; V 8; lateral GR 1+7; medial I + I L ahout 0 scales
below 2nd D. Snout pointed in young (probably blunt in adults). Most
ventral surfaces of snout. suborbital region and mandible naked; pores
large and prominent in these areas. Scales with closely set parallel rows of
long, needle-like spinules. Distance isthmus to A less than head length.
Eye diameter -+ in head; greater than interorhital width; less than snout
length. Barhel extends to end of maxillary. ahout 3 in head.
Description based on 2 specimens (C AS SO lSI. FSFRL S.8(5) taken off
Mozamhique (8S0 - 900 m) and Algoa Bay (090 m). Probahly represents
an undescribed species closely related to Corrp!/{{flloides I/lacr%phlls
Alcock. 1889. which differs in its much longer 1st D (nearlv twice head
Icngth) and shorter barbel (lcss than Y~ eve Jiameter).
.
93.11 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) sp. indet.: 13+ em (off Mozambique).
93.12 Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) striatura
Barnard. 1925
Corrphael/oidfs (Cha/illllra) .I'triallira Barnard. 1925: SOO (Cape Point);
Smith. SFSA No. 237*.
D IL9 + ca. I \0; A ca. 110; P 21-22; V 12; lateral GR 0+9; medial
1+ 12; ahout 0 scales helow 1st D. Snout protruding little heyond large
93: MACROURIDAE (GRENADIERS)
mouth. Maxilla extends to below or behind rear edge of eye. Eye diameter
less than snout length and interorbital space, about 4.5 into head. Barbel
subequal to eye diameter, falling well short of rear margin of gill membranes.
Attains more than 60 cm. Taken only off the Cape In
823 - 1 738 m.
p
93.12 Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) striatura: ca. 23 em (off (Knysna).
93.13 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides)
subserrulatus
Makushok, 1976
Coryphaflloides slIhserm/a1/ls Makushok. 1970: 144 (New Zealand).
Conphaelloides (Coryphaflloides) l{lIadripelllliltliS McCann & McKnight,
1980: 41 (New Zealand).
D IL9 + ca. \35; A ca. 140; P 14-17; V 7; lateral GR (1-2}+(9-\l),
medial 2 +( 15-17); pyloric caeca 11-12. Snout with enlarged terminal scute
directed ohliquely upwards. Maxilla extends helow rear Y, of eye. Barbel
rudimentary. Interorhital less than eye diameter. Most of suhorhital
region and lower jaw scaled. Second P ray and outer V ray extremely
elongated.
Attains at least 37 cm. Two specimens from Agulhas
Bank (980 m), examined at Far Seas Fisheries Research
Laboratory, Shimizu, Japan (FSFRL S, 153 & S.679), represent the first record of this species outside New Zealand
waters.
93.13 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) subserrulatus: 31 em.
Genus Gadomus Regan, 1903
About 11 species, 1 in our area.
93.14 Gadomus capensis
(Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
Bathrgadlls capel/sis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924: 13. PI. 3. Fig. :2
(Tahle Bay); Smith. SFSA No. 248*; Winterhottom. 1974: 3. Gadoll1l1s
335
(1-3) +( 10-11); 8- 10 scales helow 2nd D. Snout more pointed in young.
Most ventral surfaces of snout, suhorhital and mandihles naked; pores
prominent in these areas. Body scales covered with slender, sharp
spinules arranged in 3- \0 (more in larger individuals) parallel rows, the
median row slightly larger than lateral rows. Spinuks reduced in specimens more than 10 cm HL. Ahdomen long, distance isthmus to A more
than head length. Horizontal eye diameter ahout -+-5 in head length; less
than interorhital width, much less than snout length. Barhelless than eye
diameter.
Attains at least fl,7 cm. An abyssal species in all oceans
except Arctic; one Atlantic record off South Africa (SAM
23396); predominant depth range 2 000 - 4 000 m,
93.10 Coryphaenoides armatus: 22 em (after GOnther; 1887).
93.11 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) sp. indet.
D IL9 + ,?; P 19-21; V 8; lateral GR 1+7; medial I + I L ahout 0 scales
below 2nd D. Snout pointed in young (probably blunt in adults). Most
ventral surfaces of snout. suborbital region and mandible naked; pores
large and prominent in these areas. Scales with closely set parallel rows of
long, needle-like spinules. Distance isthmus to A less than head length.
Eye diameter -+ in head; greater than interorhital width; less than snout
length. Barhel extends to end of maxillary. ahout 3 in head.
Description based on 2 specimens (C AS SO lSI. FSFRL S.8(5) taken off
Mozamhique (8S0 - 900 m) and Algoa Bay (090 m). Probahly represents
an undescribed species closely related to Corrp!/{{flloides I/lacr%phlls
Alcock. 1889. which differs in its much longer 1st D (nearlv twice head
Icngth) and shorter barbel (lcss than Y~ eve Jiameter).
.
93.11 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) sp. indet.: 13+ em (off Mozambique).
93.12 Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) striatura
Barnard. 1925
Corrphael/oidfs (Cha/illllra) .I'triallira Barnard. 1925: SOO (Cape Point);
Smith. SFSA No. 237*.
D IL9 + ca. I \0; A ca. 110; P 21-22; V 12; lateral GR 0+9; medial
1+ 12; ahout 0 scales helow 1st D. Snout protruding little heyond large
93: MACROURIDAE (GRENADIERS)
mouth. Maxilla extends to below or behind rear edge of eye. Eye diameter
less than snout length and interorbital space, about 4.5 into head. Barbel
subequal to eye diameter, falling well short of rear margin of gill membranes.
Attains more than 60 cm. Taken only off the Cape In
823 - 1 738 m.
p
93.12 Coryphaenoides (Chalinura) striatura: ca. 23 em (off (Knysna).
93.13 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides)
subserrulatus
Makushok, 1976
Coryphaflloides slIhserm/a1/ls Makushok. 1970: 144 (New Zealand).
Conphaelloides (Coryphaflloides) l{lIadripelllliltliS McCann & McKnight,
1980: 41 (New Zealand).
D IL9 + ca. \35; A ca. 140; P 14-17; V 7; lateral GR (1-2}+(9-\l),
medial 2 +( 15-17); pyloric caeca 11-12. Snout with enlarged terminal scute
directed ohliquely upwards. Maxilla extends helow rear Y, of eye. Barbel
rudimentary. Interorhital less than eye diameter. Most of suhorhital
region and lower jaw scaled. Second P ray and outer V ray extremely
elongated.
Attains at least 37 cm. Two specimens from Agulhas
Bank (980 m), examined at Far Seas Fisheries Research
Laboratory, Shimizu, Japan (FSFRL S, 153 & S.679), represent the first record of this species outside New Zealand
waters.
93.13 Coryphaenoides (Coryphaenoides) subserrulatus: 31 em.
Genus Gadomus Regan, 1903
About 11 species, 1 in our area.
93.14 Gadomus capensis
(Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
Bathrgadlls capel/sis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924: 13. PI. 3. Fig. :2
(Tahle Bay); Smith. SFSA No. 248*; Winterhottom. 1974: 3. Gadoll1l1s
335