Nezumia Explained

Nezumia is a genus of rattails. The generic name derives from the Japanese 鼠 (nezumi), meaning "mouse".^[1]

Species

There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus:

• Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878) (Common Atlantic grenadier)
• Nezumia africana (Iwamoto, 1970)
• Nezumia aspidentata Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
• Nezumia atlantica (A. E. Parr, 1946) (Western Atlantic grenadier)
• Nezumia bairdii (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1877) (Marlin-spike grenadier)
• Nezumia brevibarbata (Barnard, 1925) (Short-beard grenadier)
• Nezumia brevirostris (Alcock, 1889)
• Nezumia burragei (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
• Nezumia cliveri Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
• Nezumia coheni Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997 (Cohen's whiptail)
• Nezumia condylura D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904 (Japanese pugnose grenadier)
• Nezumia convergens (Garman, 1899) (Peruvian grenadier)
• Nezumia cyrano N. B. Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
• Nezumia darus (C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1916)
• Nezumia duodecim Iwamoto, 1970 (Twelve-rayed grenadier)
• Nezumia ectenes (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
• Nezumia evides (C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920)
• Nezumia holocentra (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
• Nezumia infranudis (C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920) ^[2]
• Nezumia investigatoris (Alcock, 1888)
• Nezumia kamoharai Okamura, 1970
• Nezumia kapala Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Kapala whiptail)
• Nezumia kensmithi R. R. Wilson, 2001 (Blunt-nosed whiptail)
• Nezumia latirostrata (Garman, 1899) (Broad-snout grenadier)
• Nezumia leucoura Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (White-tail whiptail)
• Nezumia liolepis (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Smooth grenadier)
• Nezumia longebarbata (Roule & Angel, 1933) (Blunt-nose grenadier)
• Nezumia loricata (Garman, 1899) (Parrot grenadier)
• Nezumia merretti Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Merrett's whiptail)
• Nezumia micronychodon Iwamoto, 1970 (Small-tooth grenadier)
• Nezumia milleri Iwamoto, 1973 (Miller's grenadier)
• Nezumia namatahi McCann & D. G. McKnight, 1980 (Squashed-face rattail)
• Nezumia obliquata (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
• Nezumia orbitalis (Garman, 1899) (Spectacled grenadier)
• Nezumia parini C. L. Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1977 (Parin's grenadier)
• Nezumia polylepis (Alcock, 1889)
• Nezumia propinqua (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) (Aloha grenadier)
• Nezumia proxima (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Short-tail grenadier)
• Nezumia pudens C. H. Gilbert & W. F. Thompson, 1916 (Atacama grenadier)
• Nezumia pulchella (Pequeño, 1971) (Thumb grenadier)
• Nezumia sclerorhynchus (Valenciennes, 1838) (Rough-tip grenadier)
• Nezumia semiquincunciata (Alcock, 1889)
• Nezumia shinoharai Nakayama & Endo, 2012 ^[3]
• Nezumia soela Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Soela whiptail)
• Nezumia spinosa (C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1916) (Saw-spine whiptail)
• Nezumia stelgidolepis (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (California grenadier)
• Nezumia suilla N. B. Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973
• Nezumia tinro Sazonov, 1985
• Nezumia toi McCann & D. G. McKnight, 1980
• Nezumia tomiyamai (Okamura, 1963)
• Nezumia umbracincta Iwamoto & M. E. Anderson, 1994
• Nezumia ventralis C. L. Hubbs & Iwamoto, 1979
• Nezumia wularnia Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Wularni whiptail)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nezumia aequalis, Common Atlantic grenadier : fisheries. fishbase.mnhn.fr.
2. Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2015): Redescription of Nezumia infranudis (Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920), with the first record of the species from the Eastern Indian Ocean (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae). Marine Biology Research, 11 (10): 1108-1115.
3. Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2012): A new grenadier of the genus Nezumia (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa, 3410: 61–68.