Lucigadus lucifer (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Lucigadus lucifer is a species of rattail. It is found at depths of up to 320 m in the waters around the Philippines and northern Taiwan.
This is a very small rattail (up to 11 cm in length) and is highly unusual and distinctive in shape. All the ventral parts of the body appear to have "shifted forward" so that the pelvic fins are located just below the gill openings and the origin of the long anal fin is just behind the head. An additional diagnostic feature is its rounded, plainly coloured snout.
Wikipedia contributors, Lucigadus lucifer; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:05:06.659654+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lucigadus lucifer (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Name authority
- (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Lucigadus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGadiformes
- familyMacrouridae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyMacrourinae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusLucigadus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
- speciesLucigadus lucifer (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lucigadus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lucigadus acrolophus Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lucigadus nigromarginatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lucigadus vittatus (Weber, 1913) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lucigadus borealis Iwamoto & Okamoto, 2015 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lucigadus microlepis (Günther, 1878) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lucigadus nigromaculatus (McCulloch, 1907) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lucigadus ori (Smith, 1968) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lucigadus potronus (Pequeño, 1971) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Macrourus lucifer Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | synonym |
| Ventrifossa lucifer (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | synonym |
| Ventrifossa lucifor (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281416 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3WBPY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.