FAMILY Details for Radiicephalidae

Family Radiicephalidae - Tapertails
Order	:	Lampriformes
Class	:	Teleostei
No. in FishBase	:	Genera : 1 \| Species : 2 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment	:	Fresh : No \| Brackish : No \| Marine : Yes
Division	:	Marine
Aquarium	:	none
First Fossil Record	:
Remark	:	Distribution: central and eastern Atlantic. Body elongate, compressed and attenuated posteriorly to a thin caudal filament. Upper lobe of caudal fin small with 4 rays and lower lobe long and slender, with 7 rays. Dorsal fin rays 152-159. Anal fin rays 7. Pectoral fin rays 9. Pelvic fin rays 9, which could disappear with development. Lateral line scales present. Body scaleless. Ribs present. Swim bladder well developed. Brown ink sac present, opening into the cloaca, about a third of total length from snout. Vertebrae of equal length; total 114-118 (36-39 + 77-79). Suggested new common name for this family from Ref. 58418.
Etymology	:	Latin, radius = radius + Greek, kephale = head ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild	:	nonguarders
Typical activity level	:
Main Ref.	:	Nelson, J.S. 1984
Coordinator	:
Deep Fin Classification	:	Osteichthyes \| Actinopterygii \| Actinopteri \| Neopterygii \| Teleostei \| Osteoglossocephalai \| Clupeocephala \| Euteleosteomorpha \| Neoteleostei \| Eurypterygia \| Ctenosquamata \| Acanthomorphata \| Lampripterygii \| \| \| \| \| Lampriformes \| \| \| Radiicephalidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Radiicephalidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name	Status	Senior/Junior synonym	Combination
Radiicephalus elongatus Osório, 1917	accepted	senior	original
Radiicephalus kessinger Koeda & Ho, 2018	accepted	senior	original