Cetonurus, Gunther, 1887

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 : 46

Genus Cetonurus G ü nther, 1887

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— A distinctive genus owing to its large, soft, globose head, fully scaled including branchiostegal rays (and gular membrane in some specimens); enlarged scales along dorsal-fin interspace and anterior portion of 2D; interrupted lateral line; BR 7; large periproct region spanning most of the short space between V and A; and serrated spinous 1D ray.

REMARKS.— Two species recognized, one in our area; genus reviewed by Sazonov and Shcherbachev (1985).