Macrouroidinae
| Macrouroidinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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
- 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.
- ↑ WoRMS (2015). "Macrouroidinae Smith & Radcliffe, 1912". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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