Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Ventrifossa
Species: V. atherodon – V. ctenomelas – V. divergens – V. fusca – V. garmani – V. gomoni – V. johnboborum – V. longibarbata – V. macrodon – V. macropogon – V. macroptera – V. misakia – V. mucocephalus – V. mystax – V. nasuta – V. nigrodorsalis – V. obtusirostris – V. paxtoni – V. petersonii – V. rhipidodorsalis – V. saikaiensis – V. sazonovi – V. teres – V. vinolenta
Name
Ventrifossa Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Gender: feminine
Type species: Coryphaenoides garmani Jordan & Gilbert in Jordan & Starks, 1904
References
Gilbert, C. H. & C. L. Hubbs 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 No. 100, v. 1 (pt 7): 369–588.
Ventrifossa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Ventrifossa is a genus of rattails in the family Macrouridae.
Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus
Ventrifossa atherodon (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) (Arrowtooth grenadier)
Ventrifossa ctenomelas (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) (Hawaiian grenadier)
Ventrifossa divergens C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Plainfin grenadier) [2]
Ventrifossa garmani (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904) (Sagami grenadier) [2]
Ventrifossa gomoni Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Pale smiling whiptail)
Ventrifossa johnboborum Iwamoto, 1982 (Snoutscale whiptail)
Ventrifossa longibarbata Okamura, 1982 [2]
Ventrifossa macrodon Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
Ventrifossa macropogon N. B. Marshall, 1973 (Longbeard grenadier)
Ventrifossa macroptera Okamura, 1982 (Palau grenadier) [2]
Ventrifossa misakia (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1904) (Misaki grenadier) [2]
Ventrifossa mucocephalus N. B. Marshall, 1973 (Slimehead grenadier)
Ventrifossa mystax Iwamoto & M. E. Anderson, 1994
Ventrifossa nasuta (J. L. B. Smith, 1935) (Conesnout grenadier)
Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 (Spinaker grenadier) [2]
Ventrifossa obtusirostris Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
Ventrifossa paxtoni Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Thinbarbel whiptail)
Ventrifossa petersonii (Alcock, 1891) (Peterson's grenadier)
Ventrifossa rhipidodorsalis Okamura, 1984 [2]
Ventrifossa saikaiensis Okamura, 1984 [2]
Ventrifossa sazonovi Iwamoto & A. Williams, 1999 (Dark smiling whiptail) [2]
Ventrifossa teres Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992
Ventrifossa vinolenta Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997
References
Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
Iwamoto, T., Nakayama, N., Shao, K.-T. & Ho, H.-C. (2015): Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 62 (3): 31-126.
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