Trachyrincus
Encyclopedia
Trachyrincus is a genus
of rattail
s of the family
Macrouridae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of rattail
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
s of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Macrouridae.
Species
- Trachyrincus aphyodes McMillan, 1995
- Armourhead grenadier, Trachyrincus helolepis Gilbert, 1892
- Slender unicorn rattailSlender unicorn rattailThe slender unicorn rattail, Trachyrincus longirostris, is a rattail of the genus Trachyrincus, found around southeast Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 850 and 1,300 m...
, Trachyrincus longirostris (Günther, 1878) - Roughnose grenadier, Trachyrincus murrayi Günther, 1887
- Roughsnout grenadier, Trachyrincus scabrus (Rafinesque, 1810)
- Grey grenadier, Trachyrincus villegai Pequeño, 1971