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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae Grenadiers or rattails
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Hymenocephalus

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28 species (see list below)

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Western Pacific
Max. Length 12.7 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus aeger
[Plaintail whiptail]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Hymenocephalus antraeus
[]

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.

Widespread but patchy and
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Hymenocephalus aterrimus Gilbert, 1905

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.
 
Hymenocephalus aterrimus
[Blackest whiptail]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
 
Hymenocephalus barbatulus
[]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 39.5 cm TL
Hymenocephalus billsam Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973

Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Hymenocephalus billsam
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 14.8 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus fuscus
[Black membranehead]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.
 
Hymenocephalus grimaldii
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus hachijoensis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Hymenocephalus heterolepis
[]

Photo by De Sanctis, A.

Widespread
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Hymenocephalus italicus Giglioli, 1884

Photo by De Sanctis, A.
 
Hymenocephalus italicus
[Glasshead grenadier]

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 10.3 cm TL
Hymenocephalus iwamatoi Schwarzhans, 2014

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.
 
Hymenocephalus iwamatoi
[]

Photo by Yang, N.-S.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Hymenocephalus lethonemus Jordan & Gilbert, 1904

Photo by Yang, N.-S.
 
Hymenocephalus lethonemus
[]

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 25.5 cm TL
Hymenocephalus longibarbis (Günther, 1887)

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.
 
Hymenocephalus longibarbis
[Longbarb whiptail]
No picture found
Indo-West Pacific.
 
Hymenocephalus longiceps
[]

Photo by MNHN

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 15.5 cm TL
Hymenocephalus longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Photo by MNHN
 
Hymenocephalus longipes
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 16.3 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus maculicaudus
[Spottytail membranehead]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus megalops
[Bigeye whiptail]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 18.2 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus nascens
[Nascent membranehead]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus neglectissimus
[]

Photo by Merrett & Iwamoto

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 14.3 cm TL
Hymenocephalus nesaeae Merrett & Iwamoto, 2000

Photo by Merrett & Iwamoto
 
Hymenocephalus nesaeae
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus papyraceus
[]

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 16.8 cm TL
Hymenocephalus punt Schwarzhans, 2014

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.
 
Hymenocephalus punt
[]

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 13.1 cm TL
Hymenocephalus sazonovi Schwarzhans, 2014

Photo by Schwarzhans, W.
 
Hymenocephalus sazonovi
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 16.5 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus semipellucidus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Hymenocephalus striatissimus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus striatulus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus torvus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 15.1 cm TL
 
Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum
[Black-tailed membranehead]
28 Species of Family Macrouridae with Genus Hymenocephalus
(Grenadiers or rattails)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1920 Hymenocephalus aeger Plaintail whiptail Western Pacific 12.7 TL
1897 Hymenocephalus antraeus Eastern Central Pacific
1905 Hymenocephalus aterrimus Blackest whiptail Widespread but patchy and 20 TL
1920 Hymenocephalus barbatulus Western Central Pacific
1973 Hymenocephalus billsam Western Central Atlantic 39.5 TL
2014 Hymenocephalus fuscus Black membranehead Southwest Pacific 14.8 TL
1913 Hymenocephalus grimaldii Western Central Pacific.
1970 Hymenocephalus hachijoensis Northwest Pacific 20 TL
1889 Hymenocephalus heterolepis Eastern Indian Ocean
1884 Hymenocephalus italicus Glasshead grenadier Widespread 25 TL
2014 Hymenocephalus iwamatoi Eastern Indian Ocean 10.3 TL
1904 Hymenocephalus lethonemus Western Pacific 14 TL
1887 Hymenocephalus longibarbis Longbarb whiptail Indo-West Pacific 25.5 TL
1912 Hymenocephalus longiceps Indo-West Pacific.
1912 Hymenocephalus longipes Western Central Pacific 15.5 TL
2014 Hymenocephalus maculicaudus Spottytail membranehead Southwest Pacific 16.3 TL
1997 Hymenocephalus megalops Bigeye whiptail Western Central Pacific 17 TL
1920 Hymenocephalus nascens Nascent membranehead Western Central Pacific 18.2 TL
1992 Hymenocephalus neglectissimus Southeast Pacific 13 TL
2000 Hymenocephalus nesaeae Western Central Pacific 14.3 TL
1904 Hymenocephalus papyraceus Northwest Pacific 10 TL
2014 Hymenocephalus punt Western Indian Ocean 16.8 TL
2014 Hymenocephalus sazonovi Eastern Pacific 13.1 TL
1992 Hymenocephalus semipellucidus Southeast Pacific 16.5 TL
1904 Hymenocephalus striatissimus Northwest Pacific 20 SL
1905 Hymenocephalus striatulus Eastern Central Pacific 18 TL
1912 Hymenocephalus torvus Western Pacific 37 TL
2015 Hymenocephalus yamasakiorum Black-tailed membranehead Northwest Pacific 15.1 TL



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