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: Lucigadus
Species: L. acrolophus – L. borealis – L. lucifer - L. microlepis - L. nigromaculatus – L. nigromarginatus – L. ori – L. potronus – L. vittatus
Name
Lucigadus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Gender: masculine
Type species: Macrourus lucifer Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Synonyms
Lucigadella (as subgenus of Ventrifossa) Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
References
Gilbert, C.H. & Hubbs, C.L. 1920. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The macrouroid fishes of the Philippine Islands and the East Indies. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100, 1(7): 369–588. Reference page.
Links
Lucigadus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Lucigadus is a genus of rattails.
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
Lucigadus acrolophus Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
Lucigadus borealis Iwamoto & Okamoto, 2015 [1]
Lucigadus lucifer (H.M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Lucigadus microlepis (Günther, 1878) (Small-fin whiptail)
Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch, 1907) (Black-spotted grenadier)
Lucigadus nigromarginatus (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Lucigadus ori (J. L. B. Smith, 1968) (Bronze whiptail)
References
Iwamoto, T. & Okamoto, M. (2015): A New Grenadier Fish of the Genus Lucigadus (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei) from the Emperor Seamounts, Northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 62 (Part 2, No. 13): 369–380.
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