Snubnose Whiptail, Kuronezumia leonis (Barnard 1925)

Kuronezumia-leonis. Source: Kuronezumia-leonis. License:
Summary:
A large pale greyish-brown grenadier with greyish fins, a protruding snout tipped with a small scute, a serrated first dorsal-fin spine, and the underside of the head scaled.
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Bray, D.J., Kuronezumia leonis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 18 Feb 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4362
Snubnose Whiptail, Kuronezumia leonis (Barnard 1925)
More Info
Distribution |
Knownn from off northern New South Wales to southwest of Albany, Western Australia. Elsewhere, the species has a southern circumglobal distribution (excluding central and east Pacific). |
Similar Species |
The Bulbous Whiptail, Kuronezumia bubonis, differs in having a rounded non-protruding snout that lacks an obvious scute at the tip, and blackish first dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fins. |
Species Citation |
Lionurus leonis Barnard 1925, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 15(88): 503. Type locality: off Cape Point, South Africa, 90-345 fathoms; SAM 12637, off Cape Point, South Africa, 90-345 fathoms. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. |
Snubnose Whiptail, Kuronezumia leonis (Barnard 1925)
References
Barnard, K.S. 1925. Descriptions of new species of marine fishes from S. Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 15(88): 498-504.
Iwamoto, T. & Graham, K.J. 2001. Grenadiers (Families Bathygadidae and Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Pisces) of New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52(21): 407-509 figs 1-114.
Iwamoto, T. & McMillan, P.J. 2008. Family Macrouridae. pp. 320-347 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Iwamoto, T. & Williams, A. 1999. Grenadiers (Pisces, Gadiformes) from the continental slope of western and northwestern Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51(3): 105-243 figs 1-58
McMillan, P. 1994. Family Macrouridae. pp. 340-364 figs 304-325 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs.
Shcherbachev, Y. N., Sazonov, Y. N. & Iwamoto, T. 1992. Synopsis of the grenadier genus Kuronezumia (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae), with description of a new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 48(3): 97-108.