Macrourus
| Macrourus | |
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| Ridge scaled rattail, Macrourus carinatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Genus: | Macrourus Bloch, 1786 |
| Species | |
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Macrourus is a genus of rattails.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus: [1]
- Macrourus berglax Lacépède, 1801 (Roughhead grenadier)
- Macrourus caml P. J. McMillan, Iwamoto, A. L. Stewart & P. J. Smith, 2012 (Caml Grenadier)[2]
- Macrourus carinatus (Günther, 1878) (Ridge scaled rattail)
- Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878 (Bigeye grenadier)
- Macrourus whitsoni (Regan, 1913) (Whitson's grenadier)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Macrourus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ↑ McMillan, P., Iwamoto, T., Stewart, A. & Smith, P.J. (2012). "A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus." Zootaxa 3165: 1-24.
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