Biology:Malacocephalus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Malacocephalus | |
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| Malacocephalus hawaiiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
| Genus: | Malacocephalus Günther, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843
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Malacocephalus is a genus of rattails.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Malacocephalus boretzi Sazonov, 1985
- Malacocephalus hawaiiensis C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Hawaiian softhead grenadier)
- Malacocephalus laevis (R. T. Lowe, 1843) (Softhead grenadier)
- Malacocephalus luzonensis C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920
- Malacocephalus nipponensis C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1916
- Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885 (Western softhead grenadier)
- Malacocephalus okamurai Iwamoto & T. Arai, 1987
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Malacocephalus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3057337 entry
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