Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii | Phylum Chordata Order Gadiformes | |
Family Macrouroididae
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 Similar Nezumia, Coelorinchus, Coryphaenoides, Grenadiers, Gadiformes | ||
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.
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