''Hymenogadus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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 amo ...
s, marine fish.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Hymenogadus gracilis''
Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 (Graceful grenadier)
[Schwarzhans, W. (2014): Head and otolith morphology of the genera ''Hymenocephalus'', ''Hymenogadus'' and ''Spicomacrurus'' (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. ''Zootaxa, 3888 (1): 1–73.'']
* ''
Hymenogadus tenuis''
Gilbert & Hubbs, 1917 (Slender grenadier)
References
Macrouridae
Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert
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