Cook's rattail

Cook's rattail, Coelorinchus cookianus, is a species of rattail found around New Zealand at depths of between 250 and 900 m. Its length is between 10 and 25 cm.

Cook's rattail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. cookianus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus cookianus
McCann & McKnight, 1980

References

  • "Caelorinchus cookianus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Coelorinchus cookianus" 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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