Roughsnout whiptail

Coelorinchus lasti

Sixty Two Centimeters Macrourid Fish from the Indian Ocean

Roughsnout whiptail is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits deep water. The largest recorded length is 62 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Maximum length: 62 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from the holotype and paratype taken off Western Australia and off the west coast of Tasmania.

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