Malacocephalus luzonensis Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Malacocephalus luzonensis Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
- Name authority
- Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Gadiformes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Malacocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderGadiformes
- familyMacrouridae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyMacrourinae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusMalacocephalus Günther, 1862
- speciesMalacocephalus luzonensis Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Malacocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Malacocephalus hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| softhead rat-tailMalacocephalus laevis (Lowe, 1843) | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malacocephalus nipponensis Gilbert & Hubbs, 1916 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malacocephalus okamurai Iwamoto & Arai, 1987 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| American straptail grenedierMalacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malacocephalus boretzi Sazonov, 1985 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Gilbert, C. H., & Hubbs, C. L. (1920). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The macrouroid fishes of the Philippine Islands and the East Indies. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 100, v. 1 (pt 7): 369–588. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13637 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3XKFS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.