| Banded whiptail | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Genus: | Caelorinchus |
| Species: | C. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Caelorinchus fasciatus (Günther, 1878) |
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The banded whiptail, Caelorinchus fasciatus, is a rattail of the genus Caelorinchus, found circumpolar in the Great Southern Ocean at depths of between 70 and 1,100 m. Its length is between 25 and 45 cm.