WoRMS name details
Macrurocyttidae Myers, 1960
125615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125615)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: primarily off southern Africa and tropical western Pacific. Pelvic fin with a single spine which is long,...
Distribution Distribution: primarily off southern Africa and tropical western Pacific. Pelvic fin with a single spine which is long, very much serrated and strong, preceeding the soft rays. Lateral line single. Anal fin spines, when present, 1 or 2; weak. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Macrurocyttidae Myers, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125615 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution: primarily off southern Africa and tropical western Pacific. Pelvic fin with a single spine which is long, very much serrated and strong, preceeding the soft rays. Lateral line single. Anal fin spines, when present, 1 or 2; weak. [details]
