Longrayed whiptail
| Longrayed whiptail | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
| Genus: | Coryphaenoides |
| Species: | C. subserrulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coryphaenoides subserrulatus Makushok, 1976 | |
The longrayed whiptail or four rayed rattail, Coryphaenoides subserrulatus, is a rattail of the genus Coryphaenoides, found circumpolar in all southern oceans, at depths of between 550 and 1,200 m. Its length is between 20 to 37 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Coryphaenoides subserrulatus" in FishBase. January 2006 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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