Ventrifossa

Ventrifossa is a genus of rattails in the family Macrouridae.

Ventrifossa
Temporal range: 56–0 Ma Early Miocene to Present[1]
Ventrifossa garmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Ventrifossa
Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Type species
Coryphaenoides garmani
Jordan & Gilbert, 1904
Synonyms
  • Atherodus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
  • Sokodara Iwamoto, 1979

Species

There 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)
  • 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)
  • 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
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References
  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
  2. 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.


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