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Macrourus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Gadiformes
Familia: Macrouridae
Subfamilia: Macrourinae
Genus: Macrourus
Species: M. berglax - M. carinatus - M. holotrachys - M. whitsoni

Name

Macrourus Bloch, 1786

Gender: masculine

Type species: Coryphaena rupestris (misidentified, Coryphaenodes berglax regarded as type)

Synonyms

* Macrurus


References

* Bloch, M. E. 1786. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. Naturgeschichte der Ausländischen Fische. v. 2: i-viii + 1-160, Pls. 145-180.
* Jordan, D. S. 1917. The genera of fishes, from Linnaeus to Cuvier, 1758-1833, seventy-five years, with the accepted type of each. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. (Assisted by Barton Warren Evermann.). Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series No. 27: 1-161.
* Macrourus Report on ITIS

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