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softhead rat-tail (Malacocephalus laevis)
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Ecological Illustration of softhead rat-tail (Malacocephalus laevis)
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Macrouridae

softhead rat-tail

Malacocephalus laevis

Ventral light organ exists

  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • South Asia
  • Elongated
  • Large

softhead rat-tail is a marine fish found around Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. It inhabits deep water. Records give a maximum length of 60 cm.

Water type
Marine
Body shape
elongated
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