Spicomacrurus Explained

Spicomacrurus is a genus of rattails.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Spicomacrurus adelscotti (Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997) (Celebration whiptail)
• Spicomacrurus dictyogadus Iwamoto, K. T. Shao & H. C. Ho, 2011 (Net-throat grenadier)
• Spicomacrurus kuronumai (Kamohara, 1938) (Kuronuma's whiptail)
• Spicomacrurus mccoskeri Iwamoto, K. T. Shao & H. C. Ho, 2011 (McCosker's grenadier)

Notes and References

1. Schwarzhans, W. (2014): Head and otolith morphology of the genera Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus and Spicomacrurus (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 3888 (1): 1–73.