Lucigadus
| Lucigadus | |
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| Lucigadus nigromaculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
| Genus: | Lucigadus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Macrourus lucifer Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
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Lucigadus is a genus of rattails.
Species
[edit]There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
- Lucigadus acrolophus Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
- Lucigadus borealis Iwamoto & Okamoto, 2015 [1]
- Lucigadus lucifer (H.M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Lucigadus microlepis (Günther, 1878) (Small-fin whiptail)
- Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch, 1907) (Black-spotted grenadier)
- Lucigadus nigromarginatus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Lucigadus ori (J. L. B. Smith, 1968) (Bronze whiptail)
References
[edit]- ^ Iwamoto, T. & Okamoto, M. (2015): A New Grenadier Fish of the Genus Lucigadus (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei) from the Emperor Seamounts, Northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 62 (Part 2, No. 13): 369–380.
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