Ventrifossa

Ventrifossa Temporal range: 56–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene to Present [1]
Ventrifossa garmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Genus:	Ventrifossa Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Type species
Coryphaenoides garmani Jordan & Gilbert, 1904
Synonyms
AtherodusGilbert & Hubbs, 1920 SokodaraIwamoto, 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) ^[3]

• 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) ^[3]
• 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

References

1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
2. 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.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family MACROURIDAE Bonaparte 1831 (Grenadiers)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 October 2025.