Grenadiers
Macrouridae
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this family are amongst the most abundant of the deep-sea fish.
27 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 373 known species
Coryphaenoides
genusCoryphaenoides
Macrourus
genusMacrourus
Nezumia
genusNezumia
Coelorinchus
genusCoelorinchus
Malacocephalus
genusMalacocephalus
Hymenocephalus
genusHymenocephalus
Ventrifossa
genusVentrifossa
Lucigadus
genusLucigadus
Kuronezumia
genusKuronezumia
Trachonurus
genusTrachonurus
Cetonurus
genusCetonurus
Lepidorhynchus
genusLepidorhynchus
Cynomacrurus
genusCynomacrurus
Haplomacrourus
genusHaplomacrourus
Mataeocephalus
genusMataeocephalus
Kumba
genusKumba
Odontomacrurus
genusOdontomacrurus
Sphagemacrurus
genusSphagemacrurus
Asthenomacrurus
genusAsthenomacrurus
Cetonurichthys
genusCetonurichthys
Echinomacrurus
genusEchinomacrurus
Pseudocetonurus
genusPseudocetonurus
Pseudonezumia
genusPseudonezumia
Spicomacrurus
genusSpicomacrurus
Hymenogadus
genusHymenogadus
Mesovagus
genusMesovagus
Macrosmia
genusMacrosmia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85881.