Kuronezumia Iwamoto, 1974

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 : 82

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11512286

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scientific name

Kuronezumia Iwamoto, 1974
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Genus Kuronezumia Iwamoto, 1974 View in CoL

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).

BR

Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Gadiformes

Family

Macrouridae

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