''Spicomacrurus'' 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 amo ...

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: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.'' * '' Spicomacrurus adelscotti'' ( Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997) (Celebration whiptail) * '' Spicomacrurus dictyogadus'' Iwamoto, K. T. Shao & H. C. Ho, 2011 (Net-throat grenadier) * '' Spicomacrurus kuronumai'' ( Kamohara, 1938) (Kuronuma's whiptail) * '' Spicomacrurus mccoskeri'' Iwamoto, K. T. Shao & H. C. Ho, 2011 (McCosker's grenadier)

References

Macrouridae {{Gadiformes-stub