Spottytail membranehead

Hymenocephalus maculicaudus

Sixteen Point Three Centimeters Macrourid Fish of the Pacific Ocean

Spottytail membranehead is known from Southwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Hymenocephalus
Maximum length: 16.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: Tasman Sea including southern Lord Howe Rise, southern Norfolk Ridge, and northern New Zealand.

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