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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae Grenadiers or rattails

Genus: Nezumia

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Nezumia aequalis Common Atlantic grenadier Atlantic Ocean 36 TL 1878
Nezumia africana Eastern Central Atlantic 24.2 SL 1970
Nezumia aspidentata Western Central Pacific 20 TL 1997
Nezumia atlantica Western Atlantic grenadier Western Central Atlantic 45 TL 1946
Nezumia bairdii Marlin-spike grenadier Northwest Atlantic 40 TL 1877
Nezumia brevibarbata Shortbeard grenadier Southeast Atlantic 26 TL 1925
Nezumia brevirostris Eastern Indian Ocean 1889
Nezumia burragei Pacific Ocean 35 TL 1905
Nezumia cliveri Western Central Pacific 26 TL 1997
Nezumia coheni Cohen's whiptail Western Pacific 40 TL 1997
Nezumia condylura Japanese pugnose grenadier Northwest Pacific 21 TL 1904
Nezumia convergens Peruvian grenadier Eastern Pacific 30 TL 1899
Nezumia cyrano Western Central Atlantic. 33 TL 1973
Nezumia duodecim Twelve-rayed grenadier Southeast Atlantic 25 TL 1970
Nezumia ectenes Eastern Central Pacific 1897
Nezumia evides Western Central Pacific. 1920
Nezumia holocentra Eastern Central Pacific 18.1 TL 1897
Nezumia infranudis Western Pacific 1920
Nezumia investigatoris Northeast Indian Ocean 1889
Nezumia kamoharai Northwest Pacific 38 TL 1970
Nezumia kapala Kapala whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean and 41 TL 1999
Nezumia kensmithi Blunt-nosed grenadier Eastern Central Pacific 39.8 TL 2001
Nezumia latirostrata Broadsnout grenadier Eastern Pacific 23 TL 1899
Nezumia leucoura Whitetail whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 23 TL 1999
Nezumia liolepis Smooth grenadier Eastern Central Pacific 30.5 TL 1890
Nezumia longebarbata Bluntnose grenadier Atlantic Ocean 40.5 TL 1933
Nezumia loricata Parrot grenadier Eastern Indian Ocean 30 TL 1899
Nezumia merretti Merret's whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 24.5 TL 1999
Nezumia micronychodon Smalltooth grenadier Eastern Central Atlantic 34 TL 1970
Nezumia milleri Miller's grenadier Southeast Atlantic 38 TL 1973
Nezumia namatahi Squashed face rattail Southwest Pacific 35 TL 1980
Nezumia obliquata Pacific 39.8 TL 1905
Nezumia orbitalis Spectacled grenadier Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1899
Nezumia parini Parin's grenadier Eastern Pacific 23 TL 1977
Nezumia polylepis Indian Ocean 14.3 TL 1889
Nezumia propinqua Aloha grenadier Indo-Pacific 27 TL 1897
Nezumia proxima Short-tail grenadier Western Pacific 37 TL 1912
Nezumia pudens Atacama grenadier Southeast Pacific 40 TL 1916
Nezumia pulchella Thumb grenadier Southeast Pacific 30 TL 1971
Nezumia rara Northwest Pacific 45 TL 2020
Nezumia sclerorhynchus Roughtip grenadier Atlantic Ocean 36 TL 1838
Nezumia semiquincunciata Indian Ocean 27 TL 1889
Nezumia shinoharai Shinohara’s grenadier Northwest Pacific 24.4 TL 2012
Nezumia soela Soela whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 35 TL 1999
Nezumia spinosa Sawspine whiptail Indian Ocean 28 TL 1916
Nezumia stelgidolepis California grenadier Eastern Pacific 84 TL 1890
Nezumia suilla Western Central Atlantic. 25.2 TL 1973
Nezumia tinro Northwest Pacific 36 TL 1985
Nezumia toi Southwest Pacific 1980
Nezumia tomiyamai Northwest Pacific 35 TL 1963
Nezumia umbracincta Southeast Atlantic and So 38.5 TL 1994
Nezumia ventralis Southeast Pacific 32.8 TL 1979
Nezumia wularnia Wularni whiptail Eastern Indian Ocean 37 TL 1999



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013