Mataeocephalus

Mataeocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Mataeocephalus
C. Berg (es), 1898
Type species
Coelocephalus acipenserinus
Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
Synonyms
  • Coelocephalus Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
  • Hyomacrurus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
  • Hyostomus Jordan, 1920

Mataeocephalus is a genus of rattails.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Mataeocephalus acipenserinus (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) (Sturgeon grenadier)
  • Mataeocephalus adustus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
  • Mataeocephalus cristatus Sazonov, Shcherbachev & Iwamoto, 2003
  • Mataeocephalus hyostomus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
  • Mataeocephalus kotlyari Sazonov, Shcherbachev & Iwamoto, 2003 (Kotlyar's whiptail)
  • Mataeocephalus tenuicauda (Garman, 1899) (Slendertail grenadier)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Mataeocephalus in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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