Hymenocephalus (fish)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Gadiformes Subfamily Macrourinae Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Family Macrouridae Scientific name Hymenocephalus

Lower classifications Hymenocephalus lethonemus, Graceful grenadier

Hymenocephalus is a genus of rattails.

Species

There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:

Hymenocephalus aeger C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Plain-tail whiptail)

Hymenocephalus antraeus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

Hymenocephalus aterrimus C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Blackest whiptail)

Hymenocephalus barbatulus C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920

Hymenocephalus billsam N. B. Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973

Hymenocephalus fuscus P. J. McMillan & Iwamoto, 2014 (Black membranehead)

Hymenocephalus grimaldii M. C. W. Weber, 1913

Hymenocephalus hachijoensis Okamura, 1970

Hymenocephalus heterolepis (Alcock, 1889)

Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884 (Glass-head grenadier)

Hymenocephalus iwamotoi Schwarzhans, 2014 (Iwamoto's whiptail)

Hymenocephalus lethonemus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904

Hymenocephalus longibarbis (Günther, 1887) (Long-barb whiptail)

Hymenocephalus longipes H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Hymenocephalus maculicaudus P. J. McMillan & Iwamoto, 2014 (Spotty-tail membranehead)

Hymenocephalus megalops Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997 (Big-eye whiptail)

Hymenocephalus nascens C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Nascent membranehead)

Hymenocephalus neglectissimus Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992

Hymenocephalus nesaeae Merrett & Iwamoto, 2000

Hymenocephalus papyraceus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904

Hymenocephalus punt Schwarzhans, 2014

Hymenocephalus sazonovi Schwarzhans, 2014

Hymenocephalus semipellucidus Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992

Hymenocephalus striatissimus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904

Hymenocephalus striatulus C. H. Gilbert, 1905

Hymenocephalus torvus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum Nakayama, Endo & Schwarzhans, 2015 (Black-tailed membranehead)

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