Macruronus

Macruronus
	Blue grenadier (M. novaezelandiae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Merlucciidae
Subfamily:	Merlucciinae
Genus:	Macruronus; Günther, 1873
Type species
	Coryphaenoides novaezelandiae; Hector, 1871
Synonyms
	Cynogadus Howes, 1991

Macruronus is a genus of merluccid hakes.^[1]^[2] Most are found in southern oceans off Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, but M. maderensis (which is in need of taxonomic review) is only known from Madeira.^[2]^[3] Members of this genus reach 1–1.3 m (3.3–4.3 ft) in length depending on the exact species involved.^[2]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

Macruronus capensis D. H. Davies, 1950 (Cape grenadier, South African straptail)
Macruronus maderensis Maul, 1951
Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907 (Patagonian grenadier)
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) (Blue grenadier)

Note that the Catalog of Fishes considers Macruronus capensis and M. magellanicus (following Leslie and colleagues (2018) and others^[3]) as junior synonyms of M. novaezelandiae.^[4] This leaves the genus with one confirmed species and one with uncertain status.^[3]

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macruronus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Macruronus". FishBase. December 2019 version.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leslie, Robin W.; Gon, Ofer & Gouws, Gavin (2018). "The taxonomic status of the South African straptail, Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950 (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macruronidae)". Zootaxa. 4374 (1): 91–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.5. PMID 29689815.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macruronus capensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

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[CoF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macruronus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Macruronus". FishBase. December 2019 version.

[Leslie_et_al._2018-3] Leslie, Robin W.; Gon, Ofer & Gouws, Gavin (2018). "The taxonomic status of the South African straptail, Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950 (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macruronidae)". Zootaxa. 4374 (1): 91–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.5. PMID 29689815.

[4] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macruronus capensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

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