Animalia > Chordata > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Malacocephalus > Malacocephalus occidentalis

Malacocephalus occidentalis (American straptail grenadier; Grenadier; Western softhead grenadier)

Synonyms: Chalinura occidentalis; Coryphaenoides sublaevis; Lionurus occidentalis; Ventrifossa occidentalis
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Prey / Diet

Antillimunida flinti[1]
Bregmaceros atlanticus (Antenna codlet)[1]
Chlorophthalmus agassizi (Green-eye)[1]
Synagrops bellus (Sea bass)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Buticulotrema stenauchenus[2]
Glomericirrus macrouri[2]
Gonocerca phycidis[2]
Podocotyle pearsei[2]
Pseudopecoelus tortugae[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0