longbeard grenadier
Ventrifossa macropogon Marshall, 1973
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ventrifossa macropogon Marshall, 1973
- Name authority
- Marshall, 1973
- Common name
- longbeard grenadier
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Ventrifossa
- 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
- genusVentrifossa Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
- speciesVentrifossa macropogon Marshall, 1973
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ventrifossa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ventrifossa fusca Okamura, 1982 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa garmani (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa atherodon (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa ctenomelas (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa johnboborum Iwamoto, 1982 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa longibarbata Okamura, 1982 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa macrodon Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa obtusirostris Sazonov & Iwamoto, 1992 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa misakia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1904) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| conesnout grenadierVentrifossa nasuta (Smith, 1935) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa nigrodorsalis Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ventrifossa vinolenta Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Marshall, N. B. (1973). Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Genus Malacocephalus Günther 1862. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research, Mem. 1 (pt 6): 650–662. 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:7FNCM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.