Palau grenadier

Palau grenadier
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Subfamily:	Macrourinae
Genus:	Ventrifossa
Species:	V. macroptera
Binomial name
	Ventrifossa macroptera; Okamura, 1982

The Palau grenadier (Ventrifossa macroptera) is a species of rattail. This is a deep-water fish found at depths of up to 710 m.^{[citation needed]} It has been recorded from many parts of the Pacific Ocean including Hawaii, southern Japan, the Kyushu–Palau Ridge and northeastern Taiwan.^[1]

This species is rather similar to many of its congeners and is best distinguished by a combination of morphometric characters. It has a fairly distinctive black pattern on its head and a uniformly dark first dorsal fin (although this latter is not a unique trait).^[1] A specimen from Taiwan measured 20.2 cm total length.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Chiou, Mei-Luen; Shao, Kwang-Tsao; Iwamoto, Tomio (2004). "A New Species, Caelorinchus sheni, and 19 New Records of Grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan". Zoological Studies. 43 (1): 35–50. S2CID 87624369.

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[chiou2004-1] Chiou, Mei-Luen; Shao, Kwang-Tsao; Iwamoto, Tomio (2004). "A New Species, Caelorinchus sheni, and 19 New Records of Grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan". Zoological Studies. 43 (1): 35–50. S2CID 87624369.

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