''Trachyrincus'' is a
genus
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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 ...
fish in the
family
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Trachyrincidae.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Trachyrincus aphyodes''
P. J. McMillan, 1995
* ''
Trachyrincus helolepis''
C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Armourhead grenadier)
* ''
Trachyrincus longirostris''
( Günther, 1878) (Slender unicorn rattail)
* ''
Trachyrincus murrayi
The roughnose grenadier (''Trachyrincus murrayi'') is a species of fish in the subfamily Grenadiers (fish), Macrourinae (rat-tails). The species is named for John Murray (oceanographer), Sir John Murray.
Description
The roughnose grenadier is ...
''
Günther, 1887 (Roughnose grenadier)
* ''
Trachyrincus scabrus''
(Rafinesque
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, 1810) (Roughsnout grenadier)
* ''
Trachyrincus villegai''
Pequeño
''Pequeño'' is the second album of the solo artist Enrique Bunbury made in 1999. The word ''pequeño'' means "little" in Spanish.
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Track l ...
, 1971 (Grey grenadier)
References
Marine fish genera
Gadiformes
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