Macrourus
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| Ridge scaled rattail, Macrourus carinatus | |
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| Genus: | Macrourus Bloch, 1786
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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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Macrourus". 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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