Hymenocephalus (fish)

Hymenocephalus; Temporal range: 33.9–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Oligocene to Present
	Hymenocephalus italicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Subfamily:	Macrourinae
Genus:	Hymenocephalus; Giglioli, 1884
Type species
	Hymenocephalus italicus; Giglioli, 1884
Synonyms
	Hymenogadus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920

Hymenocephalus is a genus of rattails.

Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:

Hymenocephalus aeger C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Plain-tail whiptail)
Hymenocephalus antraeus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
Hymenocephalus aterrimus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Blackest whiptail)
Hymenocephalus barbatulus C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920
Hymenocephalus billsam N. B. Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
Hymenocephalus fuscus P. J. McMillan & Iwamoto, 2014 (Black membranehead) ^[2]
Hymenocephalus grimaldii M. C. W. Weber, 1913
Hymenocephalus hachijoensis Okamura, 1970
Hymenocephalus heterolepis (Alcock, 1889)
Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 (Glass-head grenadier)
Hymenocephalus iwamotoi Schwarzhans, 2014 (Iwamoto's whiptail) ^[3]
Hymenocephalus lethonemus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904
Hymenocephalus longibarbis (Günther, 1887) (Long-barb whiptail)
Hymenocephalus longipes H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Hymenocephalus maculicaudus P. J. McMillan & Iwamoto, 2014 (Spotty-tail membranehead) ^[2]
Hymenocephalus megalops Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997 (Big-eye whiptail)
Hymenocephalus nascens C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Nascent membranehead)
Hymenocephalus neglectissimus Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
Hymenocephalus nesaeae Merrett & Iwamoto, 2000
Hymenocephalus papyraceus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904
Hymenocephalus punt Schwarzhans, 2014 ^[3]
Hymenocephalus sazonovi Schwarzhans, 2014 ^[3]
Hymenocephalus semipellucidus Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
Hymenocephalus striatissimus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904
Hymenocephalus striatulus C. H. Gilbert, 1905
Hymenocephalus torvus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum Nakayama, Endo & Schwarzhans, 2015 (Black-tailed membranehead) ^[4]

References

^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011.
^ ^a ^b McMillan, P. & Iwamoto, T. (2014): Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera Hymenocephalus and Hymenogadus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of Hymenocephalus. Zootaxa, 3856 (1): 117–134.
^ ^a ^b ^c Schwarzhans, W. (2014): Head and otolith morphology of the genera Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus and Spicomacrurus (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 3888 (1): 1–73.
^ Nakayama, N., Endo, H. & Schwarzhans, W. (2015): A new grenadier of the genus Hymenocephalus from Tosa Bay, southern Japan (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae). Ichthyological Research, 62 (4): 504-511.

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[1] Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011.

[McMillan_&_Iwamoto2014-2] McMillan, P. & Iwamoto, T. (2014): Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera Hymenocephalus and Hymenogadus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of Hymenocephalus. Zootaxa, 3856 (1): 117–134.

[Schwarzhans2014-3] Schwarzhans, W. (2014): Head and otolith morphology of the genera Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus and Spicomacrurus (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 3888 (1): 1–73.

[Nakayama2015-4] Nakayama, N., Endo, H. & Schwarzhans, W. (2015): A new grenadier of the genus Hymenocephalus from Tosa Bay, southern Japan (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae). Ichthyological Research, 62 (4): 504-511.

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