Banded whiptail

Coelorinchus fasciatus

Fifty Centimeters Macrourid Fish of New Zealand Waters

Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
South America
Elongated
Medium

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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: southern Africa, southern tip of South America, , southern Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand.

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