American straptail grenedier
Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885
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 occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885
- Name authority
- Goode & Bean, 1885
- Common name
- American straptail grenedier
- 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 occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885
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 luzonensis Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920 | 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 |
| Malacocephalus boretzi Sazonov, 1985 | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lionurus occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885) (Goode & Bean, 1885) | synonym |
| Ventrifossa occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885) (Goode & Bean, 1885) | synonym |
| Chalinura occidentalis (Goode & Bean, 1885) (Goode & Bean, 1885) | synonym |
| Coryphaenoides sublaevis Vaillant, 1888 Vaillant, 1888 | synonym |
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.
- Goode, G. B., & Bean, T. H. (1885). Descriptions of new fishes obtained by the United States Fish Commission mainly from deep water off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 8 (no. 543): 589–605. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.8-543.589 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:734S4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.