Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan Author Iwamoto, Tomio Section of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA; Author Nakayama, Naohide Laboratory of Marine Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, 2 - 5 - 1 Akebono-cho, Kochi, 780 - 8073, Japan; Author Shao, Kwang-Tsao Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan; Author Table, Hsuan-Ching Ho text Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2015 2015-04-15 62 3 31 126 journal article 299670 10.5281/zenodo.11512126 522b8de7-880d-40ca-803e-aa5a3a05c5f6 0068-547X 11512126 Genus Kumba Marshall, 1973 DISTINGUISHING FEATURES .— BR 7; anus in middle 1 ⁄ 3 of space between A and V , usually closer to the latter. Luminescent organ with one gland and lens immediately anterior to anus. Most dorsal surface of snout and almost entire ventral surfaces of snout, suborbital, and lower jaw naked. No terminal or lateral snout scute. V 8–12; GR-I (inner) 10–14 total. (After Iwamoto and Sazonov 1994 .) REMARKS .— The genus was revised by Iwamoto and Sazonov (1994) to include nine species, two of which were described as new. The species are known from few and widely scattered specimens. Three species are recorded from Taiwan , two of these were newly recorded from the area by Shao et al. (2008) .