Macrouridae

Mahia whiptail

Coelorinchus matamua

Macrourid Fish beneath the South African Coast

• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• Elongated
• Large

The Mahia whiptail, large-headed whiptail or Mahia rattail (Coelorinchus matamua) is a species of rattail found circumpolar in the southern oceans, at depths of between 450 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 45 and 65 cm.