Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev 1983

• Main Authors: Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao, Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Gadiformes; Macrouridae; Macrosmia; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12715565; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87BDFFEF1168AA32E42CFC3EFE39

Genus Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983 Macrosmia Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983 (type species Macrosmia phalacra Merrett, Sazonov and Shcherbachev, 1983, by original designation). DISTINGUISHING FEATURES .— BR 7; V 11–12; pyl. caeca 15–18. Chin barbel present; spinous ray of 1D weakly serrated; anus in small periproct immediately before A; no light organ; V origin anterior to that of P; A origin below hind margin of 1D; head squamation reduced, mostly lacking on snout and underside of head, no scaled ridges on head and snout; teeth in bands in both jaws; olfactory organ massive, posterior nostril about equal to diameter of pupil, 4–5 times in HL. (Adapted from Merrett and Iwamoto 2000:767). REMARKS .— Only the single species known. Relationships obscure, but probably most closely related to Asthenomacrurus or Pseudonezumia . Broad distribution, having been captured in the e. North Atlantic, w. South Atlantic, se. Indian Ocean, and w. Pacific Ocean. Published as part of Iwamoto, Tomio, Nakayama, Naohide, Shao, Kwang-Tsao & Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2015, Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan, pp. 31-126 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (3) on pages 84-85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512126