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Macrouridae
Bonaparte, 1831
- grenadiers
(fish)
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Macrouroidei (Suborder)
..Bathygadidae (Family) - rattails
..Euclichthyidae (Family) - Eucla cods
..Lyconidae (Family) - Atlantic hakes
..Macruronidae (Family) - blue grenadiers
..Melanonidae (Family) - arrowtails
..Moridae (Family) - codlings
..Muraenolepididae (Family) - eel cods
..Steindachneriidae (Family) - luminous hakes
..Trachyrincidae (Family) - armoured grenadiers
..Macrouridae (Family) - grenadiers
....Asthenomacrurus (Genus)
....Cetonurichthys (Genus)
....Cetonurus (Genus)
....Coelorinchus (Genus)
....Coryphaenoides (Genus)
....Cynomacrurus (Genus)
....Echinomacrurus (Genus)
....Haplomacrourus (Genus)
....Hymenocephalus (Genus)
....Hymenogadus (Genus)
....Kumba (Genus)
....Kuronezumia (Genus)
....Lepidorhynchus (Genus)
....Lucigadus (Genus)
....Macrosmia (Genus)
....Macrourus (Genus)
....Malacocephalus (Genus) - soft-nosed grenadier
....Mataeocephalus (Genus)
....Mesovagus (Genus)
....Nezumia (Genus)
....Odontomacrurus (Genus)
....Pseudocetonurus (Genus)
....Pseudonezumia (Genus)
....Sphagemacrurus (Genus)
....Spicomacrurus (Genus)
....Trachonurus (Genus)
....Ventrifossa (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C.L. Bonaparte, 1831)
Original name
:
Bonaparte, C.L. 1831c.
Giorn. Arcad. Sci.
52
: 161, 183. ("
Macrourini
"). [subfamily].
≡
Subsequent rank
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Macrourinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1832
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 238.
[implicit]
Type
:
Macrourus
(Genus)
Bloch, 1786
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 28 Jul 2013.
[inferred]
Variants
Former rank
:
Macrourinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1832
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (11 Jun 2025); 25 Jun 2025.
[inferred]
Incorrect spelling
:
Macrouroidei
(Family)
Carroll, 1988, nom. null.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011
: 31.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
Coryphaenoididae
(Family)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 296.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
grenadiervissen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
grenadiers
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 296; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
rattails
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 296; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
grenadiers
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2466.
:
rattails
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2466.
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