Macrouridae

Blackest whiptail

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Twenty Centimeters Macrourid Fish from the Hawaiian Islands

• Black
• Gray
• Subtropical
• Southern Hemisphere
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• Oceania
• South America
• Elongated
• Medium

Blackest whiptail is a marine fish of Widespread but patchy and discontinuous. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 20 cm.