Ventrifossa

Ventrifossa; Temporal range: Early Miocene to Present[1]
	Ventrifossa garmani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Subfamily:	Macrourinae
Genus:	Ventrifossa; Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Type species
	Coryphaenoides garmani; Jordan & Gilbert, 1904
Synonyms
	Atherodus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920; Sokodara Iwamoto, 1979;

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

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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