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Cook's rattail

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Cook's rattail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. cookianus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus cookianus

Cook's rattail (Coelorinchus cookianus) is a species of rattail found around New Zealand at depths of between 250 and 900 m. Its length is between 10 and 25 cm.

References

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  • "Caelorinchus cookianus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coelorinchus cookianus". FishBase. June 2012 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8