Ventrifossa is a genus of rattails in the family Macrouridae.
| Ventrifossa | |
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| Ventrifossa garmani | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Genus: | Ventrifossa Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Coryphaenoides garmani Jordan & Gilbert, 1904 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
editThere are currently 23 recognized species in this genus
- Ventrifossa atherodon (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) (Arrowtooth grenadier)
- Ventrifossa ctenomelas (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) (Hawaiian grenadier)
- Ventrifossa divergens C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Plainfin grenadier) [2]
- Ventrifossa garmani (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904) (Sagami grenadier) [2]
- Ventrifossa gomoni Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Pale smiling whiptail)
- Ventrifossa johnboborum Iwamoto, 1982 (Snoutscale whiptail)[3]
- Ventrifossa longibarbata Okamura, 1982 [2]
- Ventrifossa macrodon Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
- Ventrifossa macropogon N. B. Marshall, 1973 (Longbeard grenadier)
- Ventrifossa macroptera Okamura, 1982 (Palau grenadier) [2]
- Ventrifossa misakia (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904) (Misaki grenadier) [2]
- Ventrifossa mucocephalus N. B. Marshall, 1973 (Slimehead grenadier)
- Ventrifossa mystax Iwamoto & M. E. Anderson, 1994
- Ventrifossa nasuta (J. L. B. Smith, 1935) (Conesnout grenadier)
- Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Spinaker grenadier) [2]
- Ventrifossa obtusirostris Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
- Ventrifossa paxtoni Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Thinbarbel whiptail)[3]
- Ventrifossa petersonii (Alcock, 1891) (Peterson's grenadier)
- Ventrifossa rhipidodorsalis Okamura, 1984 [2]
- Ventrifossa saikaiensis Okamura, 1984 [2]
- Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Dark smiling whiptail) [2]
- Ventrifossa teres Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
- Ventrifossa vinolenta Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
References
edit- ↑ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Iwamoto, T., Nakayama, N., Shao, K.-T. & Ho, H.-C. (2015): Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 62 (3): 31-126.
- 1 2 Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family MACROURIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Grenadiers)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
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