Malacocephalus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Gadariae
Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Macrouridae
Subfamilia: Macrourinae
Genus: Malacocephalus
Species: M. boretzi – M. hawaiiensis – M. laevis – M. luzonensis – M. nipponensis – M. occidentalis – M. okamurai
Name

Malacocephalus Günther, 1862

Gender: masculine

Type species: Macrourus laevis Lowe, 1843
References

Günther, A. 1862. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii, Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Muesum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. v. 4: i-xxi + 1-534.
Malacocephalus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Malacocephalus is a genus of rattails.
Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

Malacocephalus boretzi Sazonov, 1985
Malacocephalus hawaiiensis C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Hawaiian softhead grenadier)
Malacocephalus laevis (R. T. Lowe, 1843) (Softhead grenadier)
Malacocephalus luzonensis C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920
Malacocephalus nipponensis C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1916
Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885 (Western softhead grenadier)
Malacocephalus okamurai Iwamoto & T. Arai, 1987

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Malacocephalus in FishBase. June 2012 version.