Diagnostic Description
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Orbit tiny, about 10% of head length, placed forward of small, inferior mouth. Chin barbel absent. First gill slit not restricted by membranous folds of skin, outer gill rakers long, slender. Branchiostegal rays 7. Anus immediately before anal fin. Tail straplike. Anal fin long, poorly developed. Pelvic fins absent. No light organ. Swimbladder regressed. (Ref 1371)
Biology
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A benthic species found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Macrouroides inflaticeps: Brief Summary
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Macrouroides inflaticeps, the Inflated whiptail, is a species of rattail found in the oceans at depths of from 747 to 4,000 metres (2,451 to 13,123 ft) on the continental slopes. This species grows to a length of 48 centimetres (19 in) TL.
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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