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Macrouridae
Pineapple rattail
Idiolophorhynchus andriashevi
Thirty Centimeters Macrourid Fish from New Zealand Waters
Idiolophorhynchus andriashevi, the pineapple whiptail or pineapple rattail, is a species of rattail found along the western and southern coasts of Australia and around New Zealand. This is a benthic species of fish found along the continental slopes at depths of from 1,190 to 2,350 metres (3,900 to 7,710 ft).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cods and Hakes
- Family
- Macrouridae
- Genus
- Idiolophorhynchus
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Indian Ocean: South Australia and Western Australia. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.

