Banded whiptail

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.

Banded whiptail
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. fasciatus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus fasciatus
(Günther, 1878)

References

    • Froese, Rainer; 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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