Macruronus

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Macruronus novaezelandiae.jpg

| image_caption = Blue grenadier (M. novaezelandiae)

| taxon = Macruronus

| authority = Günther, 1873

| type_species = Coryphaenoides novaezelandiae

| type_species_authority = Hector, 1871

| synonyms = Cynogadus Howes, 1991

}}

Macruronus is a genus of merluccid hakes. Most are found in southern oceans off Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, but M. maderensis (which is in need of taxonomic review) is only known from Madeira. Members of this genus reach {{convert|1|-|1.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length depending on the exact species involved.{{FishBase genus | genus = Macruronus| month = December | year = 2019}}

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Macruronus capensis D. H. Davies, 1950 (Cape grenadier, South African straptail)
Macruronus maderensis Maul, 1951
Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907 (Patagonian grenadier)
Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) (Blue grenadier)

Note that the Catalog of Fishes considers Macruronus capensis and M. magellanicus (following Leslie and colleagues (2018) and others) as junior synonyms of M. novaezelandiae.{{Cof record |spid=37550 |title=Macruronus capensis |access-date=29 September 2020}} This leaves the genus with one confirmed species and one with uncertain status.

References

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{{Cof record |genid=3637|title=Macruronus |access-date=29 September 2020}}

{{cite journal |last1=Leslie |first1=Robin W. |last2=Gon |first2=Ofer |last3=Gouws |first3=Gavin |name-list-style=amp |title=The taxonomic status of the South African straptail, Macruronus capensis Davies, 1950 (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macruronidae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=2018 |volume=4374 |issue=1 |pages=91–98 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4374.1.5|pmid=29689815 |doi-access=free }}

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Category:Merlucciidae

Category:Ray-finned fish genera

Category:Marine fish genera

Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther