Genus Kuronezumia Iwamoto, 1974

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— BR 7. Body and head compressed and deep; snout rounded in profile, almost entirely covered with small uniform, finely spinulated scales; suborbital region vertical, without angular midlateral ridge, covered with small unmodified scales. Teeth in broad villiform bands in both jaws, outer series of upper jaw slightly enlarged. GR-I 8–11 total. Body scales small, adherent, densely covered with long slender spinules. Anus removed from A origin, closer to V bases; a dermal light organ between V bases. Color overall from gray to brown to swarthy; fins uniformly dusky to black. (After Sazonov and Iwamoto, 1994:65–65.)

REMARKS.— Seven species currently recognized, only one known from Taiwan. The genus was reviewed by Shcherbachev et al. (1992).