Psychrolutes macrocephalus is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads.

This is a bathydemersal fish which is found in the southeastern Atlantic from off the Northern and Western Cape of South Africa[2] with reports from Namibia and Japan.

[1] It has been recorded at depths from 419 to 1,012 m (1,375 to 3,320 ft).

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