Ventrifossa

Ventrifossa is a genus of rattails in the family Macrouridae.

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
Atherodus Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 Sokodara Iwamoto, 1979

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)
• 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)
• 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