Coelorinchus asteroides

Coelorinchus asteroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Subfamily:	Macrourinae
Genus:	Coelorinchus
Species:	C. asteroids
Binomial name
	Coelorinchus asteroids; Okamura, 1963

Coelorinchus asteroides is a species of rattail. This is a deep-water fish found in the waters around Taiwan and southern Japan.

This species grows to a length of about 40 cm. It can be distinguished by its short, broad snout with a sharp rostral spine, conical premaxillary teeth, large, hexagonal, deciduous body scales and short bioluminescent organ in front of the anal fin.

References

A new species, Caelorinchus sheni, and 19 new records of grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan - CHIOU Mei-Luen ; SHAO Kwang-Tsao ; IWAMOTO Tomio

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