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Malacocephalus
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Malacocephalus

Malacocephalus is a genus of rattails.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Smooth Whiptail

speciesMalacocephalus laevis

Western Softhead Grenadier

speciesMalacocephalus occidentalis

Malacocephalus luzonensis

speciesMalacocephalus luzonensis

Malacocephalus boretzi

speciesMalacocephalus boretzi

Malacocephalus okamurai

speciesMalacocephalus okamurai

Malacocephalus nipponensis

speciesMalacocephalus nipponensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89715.