Species details : Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885

Accepted scientific name:
Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Malacocephalus occidentalis  Goode & Bean, 1885
Synonyms:
Chalinura occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Chalinura occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885)
Coryphaenoides aequalis (non Günther, 1887) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Coryphaenoides aequalis (non Günther, 1887)
Coryphaenoides sublaevis Vaillant, 1888 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Coryphaenoides sublaevis Vaillant, 1888
Lionurus occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Lionurus occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885)
Macruroplus violaceus (non Zugmayer, 1911) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Macruroplus violaceus (non Zugmayer, 1911)
Ventrifossa occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ventrifossa occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
American straptail grenadier - English Canada Click here to show the literature
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Western softhead grenadier - English - Click here to show the literature
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Grenadier scie - French France Click here to show the literature
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Megane-manjuudara - Japanese Japan Click here to show the literature
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大西洋軟首鱈 Da si yang ruan shou syue Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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大西洋软首鳕 Da xi yang ruan shou xue Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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西方凹腹鱈 Si fang ao fu syue Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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西方凹腹鳕 Si fang ao fu xue Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Lagartixa - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Lagartixa-do-mar - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Lagartixa-do-mar - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Peixe-rato - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Peixe-rato-de-serrilha - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Rato - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature
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Rato - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature
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Abámbolo - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Gadiformes FishBase
Family Macrouridae FishBase
Genus Malacocephalus FishBase
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: in tropical and warm-temperate waters.
Lifezones: Marine
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Iwamoto, T., 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=4990
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fc2b9793-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401