Macrouridae is a family of deep sea fish, a diverse and ecologically important group, [2] which are part of the order of cod -like fish, the Gadiformes.

Species/Synonymy list for the family Macrouridae as currently in FishBase Important recommendation: The list below must not be used as an authority reference synonymy list like those found in scientific published revisions, which must be the source to be used and cited eventually when they exist.

Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, [1] the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this subfamily are amongst the most abundant of …

Macrouridae is a family of deep sea fish, a diverse and ecologically important group, which are part of the order of cod-like fish, the Gadiformes. The species in the Macrouridae are characterised by their large heads which normally have a single barbel on the chin, projecting snouts, and slender bodies that taper to whip-like tails, without an ...

The family Macrouridae is a diverse and ecologically important group of deepwater cod-like fishes. Grenadiers or rattails usually live near the bottom on the continental slope, although a few species are bathypelagic or mesopelagic, while others are live on the outer continental shelf.

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 were amongst the most abundant of the deep-sea fish. [1] . The Macrourids form a large and diverse family with 28...

grenadier, any of about 300 species of abundant deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae found along the ocean bottom in warm and temperate regions. The typical grenadier is a large-headed fish with a tapered body ending in a long, ratlike tail bordered above and below by the anal and second dorsal fins.

Iwamoto, T. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Macrouridae (sometimes Coryphaenoididae, Bathygadidae, Macrouroididae, Trachyrincidae, in part, in literature): Grenadiers. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony ...

Anal fin and second dorsal confluent with tail. True fin... Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Macrouridae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125471 on 2025-03-02.

A new species of grenadier, genus Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus. Zootaxa 3165:1-24. (Ref. 89100)