Banded whiptail
The banded whiptail, Coelorinchus fasciatus, is a species of rattail found circumpolar in the Great Southern Ocean at depths of between 70 and 1,100 m. Its length is between 25 and 45 cm.
| Banded whiptail | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
| Genus: | Coelorinchus |
| Species: | C. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coelorinchus fasciatus (Günther, 1878) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Coelorinchus fasciatus" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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