Biology:Grenadier cod
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Short description: Species of fish
| Grenadier cod | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Tripterophycis |
| Species: | T. gilchristi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tripterophycis gilchristi Boulenger, 1902
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The grenadier cod or chiseltooth grenadier cod,[1] Tripterophycis gilchristi, is a morid cod of the genus Tripterophycis, found in the mid-south Atlantic Ocean, and around southern Australia , South Africa , Sumatra, and New Zealand. This species is found in marine environments on the continental slope.[2][3]
The average length of an unsexed male is about 33 cm.[2]
References
- ↑ "Common names". Website of Everything. http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/fish/Gadiformes/Moridae/Tripterophycis-gilchristi. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tripterophycis gilchristi". FishBase. http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Tripterophycis-gilchristi.html. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Tripterophycis gilchristi Chiseltooth grenadier cod". Animal Diversity. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Tripterophycis_gilchristi/classification/. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
Notes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Tripterophycis gilchristi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Wikidata ☰ Q600078 entry
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