Macrourus

Macrourus berglax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gadiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii Series: Zeiogadaria Subseries: Gadariae Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Macrouridae
Subfamilia: Macrourinae
Genus: Macrourus
Species (5): M. berglax – M. caml – M. carinatus – M. holotrachys – M. whitsoni

Name

Macrourus Bloch, 1786

Gender: masculine

Type species: Coryphaena rupestris (misidentified, Coryphaenodes berglax regarded as type)

Synonyms

• Macrurus

References

• Bloch, M. E. 1786. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. Naturgeschichte der Ausländischen Fische. v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
• Jordan, D. S. 1917. The genera of fishes, from Linnaeus to Cuvier, 1758-1833, seventy-five years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. (Assisted by Barton Warren Evermann.). Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series No. 27: 1–161.
• McMillan, P., Iwamoto, T., Stewart, A.L. & 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3165.1.1 Reference page. 
• Macrourus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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