Common name of Coryphaenoides armatus
 
Common name Grenadier abyssal
Language French
Type FAO old
Official trade name No
Rank 4 - (Less common name)
Country France
Locality
Ref. Iwamoto, T. and W. Schneider, 1995
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). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807).
 
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