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Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval, license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Gadiformes
Family:
Macrouridae
Genus:
Malacocephalus
Species:
laevis
Common:
Softhead grenadier
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Atlantic, Eastern Central
Atlantic, Northeast
Atlantic, Southeast
Atlantic, Southwest
Atlantic, Western Central
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, 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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