:Grenadier cod
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| name = Grenadier cod
| image = Tripterophycis gilchristi (Grenadier cod).gif
| image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
| taxon = Tripterophycis gilchristi
| authority = Boulenger, 1902
}}
The grenadier cod or chiseltooth grenadier cod,{{cite web|title=Common names|url=http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/fish/Gadiformes/Moridae/Tripterophycis-gilchristi|publisher=Website of Everything|accessdate=5 February 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=Tripterophycis gilchristi Chiseltooth grenadier cod|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Tripterophycis_gilchristi/classification/|publisher=Animal Diversity|accessdate=5 February 2013}}
The average length of an unsexed male is about 33 cm.{{cite web|title=Tripterophycis gilchristi|url=http://www.fishbase.us/summary/Tripterophycis-gilchristi.html|publisher=FishBase|accessdate=5 February 2013}}
References
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Notes
- {{FishBase | genus = Tripterophycis | species = gilchristi | month = April | year = 2006}}
- 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}}
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Category:Fish described in 1902
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