''Malacocephalus'' is a genus of

rattail Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this subfamily are amo ...

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Malacocephalus boretzi'' Sazonov, 1985 * '' Malacocephalus hawaiiensis'' C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Hawaiian softhead grenadier) * '' Malacocephalus laevis'' ( R. T. Lowe, 1843) (Softhead grenadier) * '' Malacocephalus luzonensis'' C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1920 * '' Malacocephalus nipponensis'' C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1916 * '' Malacocephalus occidentalis'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1885 (Western softhead grenadier) * '' Malacocephalus okamurai'' Iwamoto & T. Arai, 1987

References

Macrouridae Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Gadiformes-stub