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Banded whiptail

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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)

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

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  • 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