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Brandi Noble, NOAA NMFS Mississippi Laboratory, license: CC BY 3.0, source: FishBase
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gadiformes
Family:
Macrouridae
Genus:
Malacocephalus
Species:
occidentalis
Common:
Western softhead grenadier
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northwest
Atlantic, Southeast
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Marshall, N. B. 1965. Systematic and Biological Studies of the Macrourid Fishes (Anacanthini-Teleostii). Deep Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts, 12(3): 299-322.
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