Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Mataeocephalus tenuicauda
granadero de cola fina, Slendertail grenadier
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Macrouridae
Genus
Mataeocephalus
Species
tenuicauda
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Mataeocephalus tenuicauda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13065. Accessed 4 November 2026.