Malacocephalus occidentalis és una espècie de peix de la família dels macrúrids i de l'ordre dels gadiformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 45 cm de llargària total.FishBase Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto i N. Scialabba 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 10 (125). 442 p.

Alimentació Menja crustacis pelàgics.Macpherson, E. i B.A. Roel, 1987. Trophic relationships in the demersal fish community off Namibia. S. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 5:585-596.

Hàbitat És un peix d'aigües profundes que viu entre 140-1945 m de fondària,Schneider, W., 1990. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. FAO, Roma. 268 p. tot i que, normalment, ho fa entre 300-500.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a les aigües tropicals i càlides de l'oceà Atlàntic.Haedrich, R.L. i N.R. Merrett, 1988. Summary atlas of deep-living demersal fishes in the North Atlantic Basin. J. Nat. Hist. 22:1325-1362.

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