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Macrouridae
Tadpole whiptail
Squalogadus modificatus
A Straplike Tail Trails a Regressed Bladder
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- North America
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Medium
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumTadpole whiptail is known from Atlantic and Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cods and Hakes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Squalogadus
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Atlantic and Pacific: Eastern Atlantic: off Gabon. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico. Western Pacific: off Japan; New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
