Macrouroidinae
Appearance
Macrouroidinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Macrouridae |
Subfamily: | Macrouroidinae H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
Genera[1] | |
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Macrouroidinae is a subfamily of rattails from the family Macrouridae,[2] it 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Nicolas Bailly, ed. (2015). "Macrouroidinae Smith & Radcliffe, 1912". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 March 2018.