''Mesovagus'' is a

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rattail Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this subfamily are am ...

s found in

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

and

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

.Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2016): ''Mesovagus'', a replacement name for the grenadier genus ''Mesobius'' Hubbs and Iwamoto 1977 (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae), a junior homonym of ''Mesobius'' Chamberlin 1951 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae). ''Ichthyological Research, 64 (1): 120–122.''

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Mesovagus antipodum ''Mesovagus'' is a genus of rattails found in Indian and Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending ...

'' ( C. L. Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977) (Bathypelagic rattail) * '' Mesovagus berryi'' ( C. L. Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977) (Berry's grenadier)

References

Macrouridae {{Gadiformes-stub