Banded whiptail

Banded whiptail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gadiformes
Family:Macrouridae
Subfamily:Macrourinae
Genus:Coelorinchus
Species: C. fasciatus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus fasciatus
(Günther, 1878)

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.

References

    • Froese, Rainer and 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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