Nezumia
Encyclopedia
Nezumia is a large genus
of rattail
s of the family
Macrouridae. It has 51 described species
at present.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of rattail
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. It has 51 described species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
at present.
Species
- Common Atlantic grenadier, Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878)
- Nezumia africana (Iwamoto, 1970)
- Nezumia aspidentata Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
- Western Atlantic grenadier, Nezumia atlantica (Parr, 1946)
- Marlin-spike grenadier, Nezumia bairdii (Goode & Bean, 1877)
- Shortbeard grenadier, Nezumia brevibarbata (Barnard, 1925)
- Nezumia brevirostris (Alcock, 1889)
- Nezumia burragei (Gilbert, 1905)
- Nezumia cliveri Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
- Nezumia coheni Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
- Japanese pugnose grenadierJapanese pugnose grenadierThe Japanese pugnose grenadier is a species of rattail fish. It is found at depths of up to 720 m in the waters around southern Japan, northern Taiwan and in the East China Sea....
, Nezumia condylura Jordan & Gilbert, 1904 - Peruvian grenadier, Nezumia convergens (Garman, 1899)
- Nezumia cyrano Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
- Twelve-rayed grenadier, Nezumia duodecim Iwamoto, 1970
- Nezumia ectenes (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
- Nezumia evides (Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920)
- Nezumia holocentra (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
- Nezumia infranudis (Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920)
- Nezumia investigatoris (Alcock, 1889)
- Nezumia kamoharai Okamura, 1970
- Nezumia kapala Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
- Blunt-nosed grenadier, Nezumia kensmithi Wilson, 2001
- Broadsnout grenadier, Nezumia latirostrata (Garman, 1899)
- Nezumia leucoura Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
- Smooth grenadier, Nezumia liolepis (Gilbert, 1890)
- Bluntnose grenadier, Nezumia longebarbata (Roule & Angel, 1933)
- Parrot grenadier, Nezumia loricata (Garman, 1899)
- Nezumia merretti Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
- Smalltooth grenadier, Nezumia micronychodon Iwamoto, 1970
- Miller's grenadier, Nezumia milleri Iwamoto, 1973
- Squashed face rattailSquashed face rattailThe squashed face rattail, Nezumia namatahi, is a rattail of the genus Nezumia, found around New South Wales, Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 1,250 and 1,300 m...
, Nezumia namatahi McCann & McKnight, 1980 - Nezumia obliquata (Gilbert, 1905)
- Spectacled grenadier, Nezumia orbitalis (Garman, 1899)
- Parin's grenadier, Nezumia parini Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977
- Nezumia polylepis (Alcock, 1889)
- Aloha grenadier, Nezumia propinqua (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
- Short-tail grenadier, Nezumia proxima (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Atacama grenadier, Nezumia pudens Gilbert & Thompson, 1916
- Thumb grenadier, Nezumia pulchella (Pequeño, 1971)
- Roughtip grenadier, Nezumia sclerorhynchus (Valenciennes, 1838)
- Nezumia semiquincunciata (Alcock, 1889)
- Nezumia soela Iwamoto & Williams, 1999
- Nezumia spinosa (Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916)
- California grenadier, Nezumia stelgidolepis (Gilbert, 1890)
- Nezumia suilla Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
- Nezumia tinro Sazonov, 1985
- Nezumia toiNezumia toiNezumia toi is a rattail of the family Macrouridae, found only in New Zealand at depths of about 950 m. Its length is about 15 cm.-References:...
McCann & McKnight, 1980 - Nezumia tomiyamai (Okamura, 1963)
- Nezumia umbracincta Iwamoto & Anderson, 1994
- Nezumia ventralis Iwamoto, 1979
- Nezumia wularnia Iwamoto & Williams, 1999