Diagnostic Description
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Ventral surface of the head mostly scaled, except for scaleless areas anterior to the mouth and on the anterior half of the lower jaw. Pelvic fin with 8 rays, rarely 7 or 9. Lower jaw with 2â3 rows of small pointed uniform-sized teeth reducing to a single row posteriorly. Upper jaw with 4â5 rows of small, uniform-sized teeth. Body scales small, 30â40 in a diagonal row from anal fin origin to lateral line. Pyloric caeca 20â37 (Ref. 89100).
McMillan, P., T. Iwamoto, A. Stewart and P.J. Smith 2012 A new species of grenadier, genus
Macrourus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the southern hemisphere and a revision of the genus. Zootaxa 3165:1-24.
