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 Spicomacrurus kuronumai ( Kamohara, 1938 ) Hymenocephalus kuronumai Kamohara, 1938:70 , fig. 40 (Mimase, Kochi Pref., Japan ; neotype : BSKU 4333, invalid according to ICZN ).— Shao et al., 2008 : table 2 ( 1 spec. , NET , 100–650 m ; first record from Taiwan). Hymenogadus ( Spicomacrurus ) kuronumai : Okamura, 1970:64–67 , pl. III, text-figs. 25, 26–28 ( 79 spec. , 143–200 mm TL; Pacific coast of s. Japan , in about 350–450 m ) . Hymenogadus kuronumai : Okamura in Masuda et al., 1984:94 , pl. 80–I (compiled). Okamura in Okamura and Kitajima , 1984:203, 359, fig. 144 (p.202) ( 3 spec. , 135–194 mm TL, Okinawa Trough [ East China Sea ], 400–510 m . Spicomacrurus kuronumai : Iwamoto et al., 2011:513–530 , fig. 1A–C (subgenus elevated to genus). MATERIAL EXAMINED ( 2 spec. ).— NET : ASIZP 65232 (1, 165 TL) , Da-xi. ASIZP 70247 (1, 97 TL) , Da-xi. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES .— 1D II 9–12; P i18–i22; V 8; inner GR-I 12–15 total; pyl. caeca 11–18. Snout depressed, nasal bones developed into three horizontal platelike processes; body subcylindrical; outer V ray produced and expanded distally. Attains 240 mm TL. DISTRIBUTION .— Pacific coast of s. Japan , and ne. Taiwan . in 350–650 m . REMARKS .— Shao et al., (2008: table 2) first recorded the species from Taiwan based on ASIZP 65232. The species is apparently relatively abundant off Japan , as suggested by the 95 specimens ( 143–211 mm TL) recorded by Okamura (1970 b:4, table 1), who treated it as a subgenus of Hymenogadus . Kamohara (1961) designated a neotype for the species but not in a revisory work, which renders the designation invalid ( fide Eschmeyer 1998:852 ).