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Tapertails
Radiicephalus
Radiicephalus is a genus of fishes in the monotypic family Radiicephalidae. It was formerly thought to be a monotypic genus, comprising the single species Radiicephalus elongatus, commonly known as tapertail, until the 2018 description of Radiicephalus kessinger. It is a marine fish found in the central and eastern Atlantic and eastern Pacific Ocean. This species grows to 76 cm (30 in) in total length.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91630.