Scientific Name	Coelorinchus parallelus			by: Kwang-Tsao Shao
Author	(Günther, 1877)	Depth	650 - 990M
Chinese	平棘腔吻鱈	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	鼠尾鱈科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F215　Macrouridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	平棘腔吻鱈
Max Length	48 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	鱈魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Off Inoshima [Innoshima, now Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Inland Sea, western Pacific], Challenger station 232, depth 345 fathoms
Synonyms	Caelorichus parallelus, Caelorinchus parallelus, Coelorhynchus parallelus, Macrurus parallelus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；邱美倫（2002）碩士論文；Fish of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Günther, A. 1877 Okamura, O. 1970 Okamura, O. 1970 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0063799. ASIZP0065542. ASIZP0065570. ASIZP0065630. ASIZP0066108. ASIZP0070271. ASIZP0070690. ASIZP0801492. ASIZP0901422. ASIZP0911492. NMMSTP00884.
Barcode	2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name	Spiny grenadier; Spiny rattail
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Snout long, 42 to 48% of head length, its anterolateral margin slightly convex and incompletely supported by bone; orbit moderate in size, 23 to 27% of head length, upper jaw short, 22 to 26% of head length; suborbital width 50 to 63% of orbit diameter; orbit 1.7 to 1.8 times into snout; teeth in bands in both jaws; inner gill rakers on first arch 0 +7; head ridges strong, spiny, supraoccipital and post-temporal ridges developed; scales on top of head and on occipical crest with a single spinous ridge; dorsal surface of snout completely scaled; underside of head, including mandibular rami, covered with scales having a single spinous ridge. First dorsal fin with 2 spines and 8 or 9 rays, no elongated rays, height about equal to postrostral length of head; pectoral fin rays i17 to i18. Light organ barely visible as a balck crescent before anus. Body scales large, adherent; stout spinules on broad triopod bases in 1 to 6 parallel, ridge-like rows, middle row much enlarged; scales below midbase of first dorsal fin 4.5 to 5.5. Pyloric caeca about 9.
habitats	Benthopelagic fishes in the deep sea. A rare species of macrourids from the upper continental slope off northwestern Taiwan at depths between 400m and 800m. Food of these fishes consists of a wide range of fish and both benthic and pelagic invertebrates.
Distribution	Southern Japan, East China Sea, and the Philippines, but may extend into indian Ocean, Australia and New Zealand. Northeastern Taiwan, Tashi ; 24 54'63"N, 122 03'49"E.
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