Macruronus

Life-forms

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: Merlucciidae
Genus: Macruronus
Species: M. capensis – †M. eastmani – M. maderensis – M. magellanicus – M. novaezelandiae
Name

Macruronus Günther, 1873

Gender: masculine

Type species: Coryphaenoides novaezelandiae Hector, 1871
References

Günther, A. 1873. Pisces. Zoological Record for 1871: 89–112.
Macruronus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Kalavati, C. et al. 2013: Two new species of myxosporean parasites (Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) from gall bladders of Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907 (Teleostei: Merlucciidae). Zootaxa 3647(4): 541–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.4.4 Reference page.
Leslie, R.W., Gon, O. & Gouws, G. 2018. The taxonomic status of the South African straptail, Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950 (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macruronidae). Zootaxa 4374(1): 91–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.5 Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Macruronus is a genus of merluccid hakes.[1][2] Most are found in southern oceans off Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, but M. maderensis (which is in need of taxonomic review) is only known from Madeira.[2][3] Members of this genus reach 1–1.3 m (3.3–4.3 ft) in length depending on the exact species involved.[2]
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

Macruronus capensis D. H. Davies, 1950 (Cape grenadier, South African straptail)
Macruronus maderensis Maul, 1951
Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907 (Patagonian grenadier)
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) (Blue grenadier)

Note that the Catalog of Fishes considers Macruronus capensis and M. magellanicus (following Leslie and colleagues (2018) and others[3]) as junior synonyms of M. novaezelandiae.[4] This leaves the genus with one confirmed species and one with uncertain status.[3]
References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macruronus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Macruronus in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Leslie, Robin W.; Gon, Ofer & Gouws, Gavin (2018). "The taxonomic status of the South African straptail, Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950 (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macruronidae)". Zootaxa. 4374 (1): 91–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.5. PMID 29689815.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macruronus capensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 September 2020.