Image of Mediterranean Grenadier

Description:

Description: A grenadier observed at the Kiwi site. 2900 m in the Eastern Mediterranean. On occasions other individual macrourids, of smaller size than this specimen were observed. These were likely Coryphaenoides mediterraneus based on the known distributions and the more rounded nose than Coryphaenoides guentheri (Vaillant, 1888), another deep-sea macrourid cited in the Ionian Sea to 2600 m (d´Onghia et al., 2004). It should be noted that the possibility that some of these specimens belong to this species cannot be excluded.
Item Type: Image
Title: Coryphaenoides mediterraneus
Copyright: SERPENT Project
Species: Coryphaenoides mediterraneus
Site: Atlantic -- Mediterranean -- Eastern Mediterranean -- Kiwi
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 2720m
Latitude: 32 deg 15' 33" N
Longitude: 28 deg 38' 45" W
Countries: North Africa -- EgyptNorth Africa -- Egypt
Habitat: Benthic
Rig: Discoverer Americas
Project Partners: Statoil, Transocean, Oceaneering
ROV: Millenium
Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On: 27 February 2012