Common name of Coryphaenoides armatus
 
Common name Abyssal grenadier
Language English
Type FAO
Official trade name No
Rank 4 - (Less common name)
Country United Kingdom
Locality
Ref. FAO-FIES, 2015
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'grenadier', i.e., a spiny tree with red flowers producing the grenade fruit (thick skinned, several celled reddish berry) from Middle French 'pomegrenate' from Latin 'granata', 'granatus', i.e., seedy, from 'granum', i.e., grain (Ref. 27888); 'abyssal', I.e., of or relating to the bottom waters of the ocean depths (p. 47, Ref. 11978). Also Ref. 1371, 56807, 83882, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632.
 
Entered by Torres, Armi G.
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
Checked by Garilao, Cristina V.
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