Lucigadus
Encyclopedia
Lucigadus is a genus of rattail
s of the family
Macrouridae.
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
s of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Macrouridae.
Species
- Lucigadus acrolophus Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
- Lucigadus luciferLucigadus luciferLucigadus lucifer is a species of rattail. It is found at depths of up to 320 m in the waters around the Philippines and northern Taiwan.This is a very small rattail and is highly unusual and distinctive in shape...
(Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) - Lucigadus microlepis (Günther, 1878)
- Blackspotted grenadierBlackspotted grenadierThe blackspotted grenadier or blackspot rattail, Lucigadus nigromaculatus, is a rattail of the genus Lucigadus, found around southern Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, at depths of between 400 and 1,400 m...
, Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch, 1907) - Lucigadus nigromarginatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Lucigadus ori (Smith, 1968)