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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Maximum length: 65 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: South Africa. Western Pacific: southeastern Australia including Tasmania, also in New Zealand.

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