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Tapertails
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Tapertails

Radiicephalus

The tapertail, Radiicephalus elongatus, is a species of marine fish found in the central and eastern Atlantic and eastern Pacific. This species grows to 76 cm (30 in) in total length. It is the only known species in the genus Radiicephalus and the family Radiicephalidae.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Scarecrow Tapertail

speciesRadiicephalus kessinger

Common Tapertail

speciesRadiicephalus elongatus

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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.