Banded whiptail
Appearance
Banded whiptail | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
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Species: | C. fasciatus
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Coelorinchus fasciatus (Günther, 1878)
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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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coelorinchus fasciatus". 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