Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983

Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2015, Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (3), pp. 31-126 : 84-85

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512126

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12715565

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87BD-FFEF-1168-AA32-E42CFC3EFE39

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scientific name

Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983
status

 

Genus Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983 View in CoL

Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983 View in CoL (type species Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983 View in CoL , by original designation).

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— BR 7; V 11–12; pyl. caeca 15–18. Chin barbel present; spinous ray of 1D weakly serrated; anus in small periproct immediately before A; no light organ; V origin anterior to that of P; A origin below hind margin of 1D; head squamation reduced, mostly lacking on snout and underside of head, no scaled ridges on head and snout; teeth in bands in both jaws; olfactory organ massive, posterior nostril about equal to diameter of pupil, 4–5 times in HL. (Adapted from Merrett and Iwamoto 2000:767).

REMARKS.— Only the single species known. Relationships obscure, but probably most closely related to Asthenomacrurus or Pseudonezumia . Broad distribution, having been captured in the e. North Atlantic, w. South Atlantic, se. Indian Ocean, and w. Pacific Ocean.

BR

Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Gadiformes

Family

Macrouridae

Loc

Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983

Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho 2015
2015
Loc

Macrosmia

Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev 1983
1983
Loc

Macrosmia phalacra

Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev 1983
1983
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