Nezumia

Nezumia
Temporal range: 15.9–0 Ma

Middle Miocene to Present[1]

Nezumia cyrano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Nezumia
D. S. Jordan, 1904

Nezumia is a genus of rattails.

Species

There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology, 364: 560.
  2. Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2015): Redescription of Nezumia infranudis (Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920), with the first record of the species from the Eastern Indian Ocean (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Macrouridae). Marine Biology Research, 11 (10): 1108-1115.
  3. Nakayama, N. & Endo, H. (2012): A new grenadier of the genus Nezumia (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from southern Japan. Zootaxa, 3410: 61–68.
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