Gargoyle fish

Gargoyle fish
Drawing by Allan Riverstone McCulloch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gadiformes
Family:Macrouridae
Subfamily:Macrourinae
Genus:Coelorinchus
Species: C. mirus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus mirus
McCulloch, 1926

The gargoyle fish or small-eye rattail, Coelorinchus mirus, is a species of rattail found around southeast Australia and between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands.

References

    • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Coelorinchus mirus" 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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