Macrouroididae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: |
Macrouroididae H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
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Macrouroididae is a family of rattails contains only two species in two genera found in most tropical and temperate ocean. These species lives in deep-water. These fishes have a huge and rounded head with consistency of water-filled balloon, eyes tiny. The chin barbel is absent.