Macrouroididae

Not to be confused with Macrouridae.
Macrouroididae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouroididae
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Genera[1]

Macrouroididae is a family of rattails contains only two species in two genera found in most tropical and temperate ocean. These species lives in deep-water. These fishes have a huge and rounded head with consistency of water-filled balloon, eyes tiny. The chin barbel is absent.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Iwamoto, T., Nakayama, N., Shao, K.-T. & Ho, H.-C. (2015): Synopsis of the Grenadier Fishes (Gadiformes; Teleostei) of Taiwan. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (Series 4), 62 (3): 31-126.
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