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Roundnose grenadier, Roundhead Rat-tail

Coryphaenoides rupestris

518Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
Critically EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr51
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep463
Oct0
Nov4
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
518
Peak month
September
IUCN Red List
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Coryphaenoides rupestris
Also known as
Roundnose grenadier
Group
Fish
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Macrouridae
Genus
Coryphaenoides
Name with authority
Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus, 1765
Described
1765
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2176319 · GBIF 5215150