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Family: Macrouridae Grenadiers or rattails



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lucigadus lucifer Western Pacific 11 TL 1912
Lucigadus microlepis Smallfin whiptail Western Pacific 16 TL 1878
Lucigadus nigromaculatus Blackspotted grenadier Indo-West Pacific 34 TL 1907
Lucigadus nigromarginatus Western Pacific. 1912
Lucigadus ori Bronze whiptail Southeast Atlantic and So 22 TL 1968
Lucigadus potronus Southeast Pacific 30.1 TL 1971
Macrosmia phalacra Eastern Indian Ocean 1983
Macrourus berglax Roughhead grenadier North Atlantic 110 TL 1801
Macrourus caml Caml grenadier Southern Ocean 58.9 TL 2012
Macrourus carinatus Ridge scaled rattail Southern Atlantic, Indian 100 TL 1878
Macrourus holotrachys Bigeye grenadier Southwest Atlantic 80 TL 1878
Macrourus whitsoni Whitson's grenadier Southern Ocean 84 TL 1913
Malacocephalus boretzi Northwest Pacific (Ref. 4 47 TL 1985
Malacocephalus hawaiiensis Hawaiian softhead grenadier Eastern Central Pacific 1905
Malacocephalus laevis Softhead grenadier Atlantic, Indian and Paci 60 TL 1843
Malacocephalus luzonensis Western Central Pacific 1920
Malacocephalus nipponensis Northwest Pacific 52 TL 1916
Malacocephalus occidentalis Western softhead grenadier Atlantic Ocean 45 TL 1885
Malacocephalus okamurai Western Central Atlantic 28 TL 1987
Mataeocephalus acipenserinus Sturgeon grenadier Indo-Pacific, tropical wa 22.5 TL 1897
Mataeocephalus adustus Western Pacific 1912
Mataeocephalus cristatus Indo-West Pacific 27.1 TL 2003
Mataeocephalus hyostomus Western Central Pacific 1912
Mataeocephalus kotlyari Kotlyar's whiptail Southwestern Pacific 22.5 TL 2003
Mataeocephalus tenuicauda Slendertail grenadier Eastern Pacific 30 TL 1899
Mesovagus antipodum Bathypelagic rattail Indo-West Pacific 66 TL 1977
Mesovagus berryi Berry's grenadier Eastern Pacific 39.2 TL 1977
Nezumia aequalis Common Atlantic grenadier Atlantic Ocean 36 TL 1878
Nezumia africana Eastern Central Atlantic 24.2 SL 1970
Nezumia aspidentata Western Central Pacific 20 TL 1997
Nezumia atlantica Western Atlantic grenadier Western Central Atlantic 45 TL 1946
Nezumia bairdii Marlin-spike grenadier Northwest Atlantic 40 TL 1877
Nezumia brevibarbata Shortbeard grenadier Southeast Atlantic 26 TL 1925
Nezumia brevirostris Eastern Indian Ocean 1889
Nezumia burragei Pacific Ocean 35 TL 1905
Nezumia cliveri Western Central Pacific 26 TL 1997
Nezumia coheni Cohen's whiptail Western Pacific 40 TL 1997
Nezumia condylura Japanese pugnose grenadier Northwest Pacific 21 TL 1904
Nezumia convergens Peruvian grenadier Eastern Pacific 30 TL 1899
Nezumia cyrano Western Central Atlantic. 33 TL 1973
Nezumia duodecim Twelve-rayed grenadier Southeast Atlantic 25 TL 1970
Nezumia ectenes Eastern Central Pacific 1897
Nezumia evides Western Central Pacific. 1920
Nezumia holocentra Eastern Central Pacific 18.1 TL 1897
Nezumia infranudis Western Pacific 1920
Nezumia investigatoris Northeast Indian Ocean 1889
Nezumia kamoharai Northwest Pacific 38 TL 1970
Nezumia kapala Kapala whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean and 41 TL 1999
Nezumia kensmithi Blunt-nosed grenadier Eastern Central Pacific 39.8 TL 2001
Nezumia latirostrata Broadsnout grenadier Eastern Pacific 23 TL 1899
Nezumia leucoura Whitetail whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 23 TL 1999
Nezumia liolepis Smooth grenadier Eastern Central Pacific 30.5 TL 1890
Nezumia longebarbata Bluntnose grenadier Atlantic Ocean 40.5 TL 1933
Nezumia loricata Parrot grenadier Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL 1899
Nezumia merretti Merret's whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 24.5 TL 1999
Nezumia micronychodon Smalltooth grenadier Eastern Central Atlantic 34 TL 1970
Nezumia milleri Miller's grenadier Southeast Atlantic 38 TL 1973
Nezumia namatahi Squashed face rattail Southwest Pacific 35 TL 1980
Nezumia obliquata Pacific 39.8 TL 1905
Nezumia orbitalis Spectacled grenadier Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1899
Nezumia parini Parin's grenadier Eastern Pacific 23 TL 1977
Nezumia polylepis Indian Ocean 14.3 TL 1889
Nezumia propinqua Aloha grenadier Indo-Pacific 27 TL 1897
Nezumia proxima Short-tail grenadier Western Pacific 37 TL 1912
Nezumia pudens Atacama grenadier Southeast Pacific 40 TL 1916
Nezumia pulchella Thumb grenadier Southeast Pacific 30 TL 1971
Nezumia rara Northwest Pacific 45 TL 2020
Nezumia sclerorhynchus Roughtip grenadier Atlantic Ocean 36 TL 1838
Nezumia semiquincunciata Indian Ocean 27 TL 1889
Nezumia shinoharai Shinohara’s grenadier Northwest Pacific 24.4 TL 2012
Nezumia soela Soela whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 35 TL 1999
Nezumia spinosa Sawspine whiptail Indian Ocean 28 TL 1916
Nezumia stelgidolepis California grenadier Eastern Pacific 84 TL 1890
Nezumia suilla Western Central Atlantic. 25.2 TL 1973
Nezumia tinro Northwest Pacific 36 TL 1985
Nezumia toi Southwest Pacific 1980
Nezumia tomiyamai Northwest Pacific 35 TL 1963
Nezumia umbracincta Southeast Atlantic and So 38.5 TL 1994
Nezumia ventralis Southeast Pacific 32.8 TL 1979
Nezumia wularnia Wularni whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 37 TL 1999
Odontomacrurus murrayi Roundhead grenadier Atlantic, Indian and Paci 64 TL 1939
Paracetonurus flagellicauda Northeast Atlantic 39.3 TL 1927
Pseudocetonurus septifer Northwest Pacific 39 TL 1982
Pseudonezumia cetonuropsis Northwest Pacific 27 TL 1916
Pseudonezumia japonica Northwest Pacific 34 TL 1970
Pseudonezumia parvipes Western Central Pacific 30 TL 1912
Pseudonezumia pusilla Tiny whiptail Indo-West Pacific. 25 TL 1982
Sphagemacrurus decimalis Western Central Pacific. 1920
Sphagemacrurus gibber Eastern Central Pacific 1897
Sphagemacrurus grenadae Pugnose grenadier Western Central Atlantic 25 TL 1946
Sphagemacrurus hirundo Swallow grenadier Eastern Central Atlantic 21 TL 1896
Sphagemacrurus pumiliceps Dwarf whiptail Indo-Pacific 25 TL 1894
Sphagemacrurus richardi Richard's whiptail Indo-West Pacific 20 TL 1913
Spicomacrurus adelscotti Celebration whiptail Eastern Indian to Western 16 TL 1997
Spicomacrurus dictyogadus Net-throat grenadier Western Pacific 24.3 TL 2011
Spicomacrurus kuronumai Kuronuma's whiptail Northwest Pacific 20 TL 1938
Spicomacrurus mccoskeri McCosker’s grenadier Pacific Ocean 19.2 TL 2011
Trachonurus gagates Velvet whiptail Western Pacific 47.8 TL 1997
Trachonurus robinsi Western Central Pacific 25 TL 1997
Trachonurus sentipellis Shaggy whiptail Eastern Central Pacific 31.1 TL 1897
Trachonurus sulcatus Bristly grenadier North Atlantic 50 TL 1885
Trachonurus villosus Furry whiptail Worldwide 60 TL 1877
Trachonurus yiwardaus Yiwarda whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 50 TL 1999
Ventrifossa atherodon Arrowtooth grenadier Pacific Ocean 31 TL 1897
Ventrifossa ctenomelas Hawaiian grenadier Eastern Central Pacific 31 TL 1897
Ventrifossa divergens Plainfin grenadier Indian Ocean 30 TL 1920
Ventrifossa fusca Northwest Pacific 61 TL 1982
Ventrifossa garmani Sagami grenadier Northwest Pacific 31 TL 1904
Ventrifossa gomoni Pale smiling whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL 1999
Ventrifossa johnboborum Snoutscale whiptail Indo-Pacific 47.5 TL 1982
Ventrifossa longibarbata Northwest Pacific 31 TL 1982
Ventrifossa macrodon Southeast Pacific 40 TL 1992
Ventrifossa macropogon Longbeard grenadier Western Central Atlantic 45 TL 1973
Ventrifossa macroptera Palau grenadier Pacific Ocean 40 TL 1982
Ventrifossa misakia Misaki grenadier Northwest Pacific 40 TL 1904
Ventrifossa mucocephalus Slimehead grenadier Western Central Atlantic 40 TL 1973
Ventrifossa mystax Western Indian Ocean 30 TL 1994
Ventrifossa nasuta Conesnout grenadier Western Indian Ocean 41 TL 1935
Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis Spinaker grenadier Western Pacific 34 TL 1920
Ventrifossa obtusirostris Southeast Pacific 30 TL 1992
Ventrifossa paxtoni Thinbarbel whiptail Western Central Pacific 48 TL 1999
Ventrifossa petersonii Peterson's grenadier Indian Ocean 42 TL 1891
Ventrifossa rhipidodorsalis Western Pacific 21 TL 1984
Ventrifossa saikaiensis Western Pacific 25 TL 1984
Ventrifossa sazonovi Dark smiling whiptail Western Pacific 34 TL 1999
Ventrifossa teres Southeast Pacific 24 TL 1992
Ventrifossa vinolenta Western Central Pacific 23 TL 1997



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