''Ventrifossa'' is a
genus
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of
rattails
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 ...
in the
family
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Macrouridae
Macrouridae is a family of deep sea fish, a diverse and ecologically important group, which are part of the order of cod-like fish, the Gadiformes. The species in the Macrouridae are characterised by their large heads which normally have a singl ...
.
Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus
* ''
Ventrifossa atherodon''
( C. H. Gilbert & Cramer Cramer may refer to:
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, 1897) (Arrowtooth grenadier)
* ''
Ventrifossa ctenomelas''
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, 1897) (Hawaiian grenadier)
* ''
Ventrifossa divergens''
C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Plainfin grenadier)
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* ''
Ventrifossa garmani''
( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904) (Sagami grenadier)
[
* '' Ventrifossa gomoni'' Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Pale smiling whiptail)
* '' Ventrifossa johnboborum'' Iwamoto, 1982 (Snoutscale whiptail)
* '' Ventrifossa longibarbata'' ]Okamura Okamura (written: 岡村 lit. "hill village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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, 1982 [
* '' Ventrifossa macrodon'' Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
* '' Ventrifossa macropogon'' N. B. Marshall, 1973 (Longbeard grenadier)
* '' Ventrifossa macroptera'' ]Okamura Okamura (written: 岡村 lit. "hill village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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, 1982 (Palau grenadier) [
* '' Ventrifossa misakia'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904) (Misaki grenadier) ][
* '' Ventrifossa mucocephalus'' N. B. Marshall, 1973 (Slimehead grenadier)
* '' Ventrifossa mystax'' Iwamoto & M. E. Anderson, 1994
* '' Ventrifossa nasuta'' (]J. L. B. Smith
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, 1935) (Conesnout grenadier)
* '' Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis'' C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Spinaker grenadier) [
* '' Ventrifossa obtusirostris'' Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
* '' Ventrifossa paxtoni'' Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Thinbarbel whiptail)
* '' Ventrifossa petersonii'' ( Alcock, 1891) (Peterson's grenadier)
* '' Ventrifossa rhipidodorsalis'' ]Okamura Okamura (written: 岡村 lit. "hill village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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, 1984 [
* '' Ventrifossa saikaiensis'' ]Okamura Okamura (written: 岡村 lit. "hill village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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, 1984 [
* '' Ventrifossa sazonovi'' Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Dark smiling whiptail) ][
* '' Ventrifossa teres'' Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
* '' Ventrifossa vinolenta'' Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
]
References
Macrouridae
Extant Miocene first appearances
Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert
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