Spicomacrurus dictyogadus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gadiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii Series: Zeiogadaria Subseries: Gadariae Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Macrouridae
Subfamilia: Macrourinae
Genus: Spicomacrurus
Species: Spicomacrurus dictyogadus

Name

Spicomacrurus dictyogadus Iwamoto, Shao & H.-C. Ho, 2011: 518, Fig. 2A-D

Holotype: MNHN 2009-1455.

Type locality: Vanuatu, Coral Sea, 16°18'00" S, 167°46'59" E, depth 657-685 meters.

• Diagnosis:A species of Spicomacrurus with 9–10 pelvic fin rays; nasal bones broadly separated mesially by the rostral cartilage; interorbital width narrow, 1.95 into orbit; upper jaw long, 2 times into HL ; body and head relatively deep and compressed, greatest body width about 2 times into greatest depth; suborbital depth about 3.5 into orbit diameter; scale rows below origin of second dorsal fin 5 and half.

• Distribution. Known only from the single specimen taken off Vanuatu in 657–685 meters.

• Etymology. From the Greek diktyon, meaning net or mesh, in reference to the netlike or mesh-like epithelium of gular membrane, and gados, cod fish.

References

• Iwamoto, T. , K.-T. Shao & H.-C. Ho 2011: Elevation of Spicomacrurus (Gadiformes: Macrouridae) to generic status, with descriptions of two new species from the southwestern Pacific. Bulletin of Marine Science, 87(3): 513–530. DOI: 10.5343/bms.2011.1004
• Spicomacrurus dictyogadus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.