Macrouridae

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Macrouridae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fishes, commonly known as grenadiers or rattails, characterized by their large heads, tapering bodies, and long, whip-like tails.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Macrouridae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
anatomicalFeature elongated tail fin ⓘ
large eyes ⓘ
large head ⓘ
reduced caudal fin ⓘ
terminal or subterminal mouth ⓘ
bodyShape long whip-like tail ⓘ
tapering body ⓘ
characteristicFeature elongated tapering tail region ⓘ
often bioluminescent organs ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialUse some species fished commercially ⓘ
commonName grenadiers ⓘ
rattails ⓘ
depthRange deep water ⓘ
diet benthic invertebrates ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ
distribution worldwide oceans ⓘ
ecologicalRole benthic predator ⓘ
deep-sea scavenger ⓘ
environmentalAdaptation adapted to high pressure ⓘ
finConfiguration large pectoral fins in many species ⓘ
two dorsal fins in many species ⓘ
habitat abyssal plain ⓘ
continental slope ⓘ
deep sea ⓘ
hasMember Coelorinchus caelorhincus ⓘ
linked to: Coelorinchus

Coryphaenoides rupestris ⓘ
linked to: Bathygadus

Macrourus berglax ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle benthopelagic ⓘ
demersal ⓘ
namedBy Theodore Gill ⓘ
notableGenus Coelorinchus ⓘ
Coryphaenoides ⓘ
linked to: Bathygadus

Macrourus ⓘ
linked to: Macrourus berglax
order Gadiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Gadidae ⓘ
Merlucciidae ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
scientificNameEnding -idae ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation adapted to low light ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
threat deep-sea trawling ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gadiformes → hasMember → Macrouridae ⓘ
Bathygadidae → relatedTo → Macrouridae ⓘ