Serrulate whiptail
Appearance
Serrulate whiptail | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Macrouridae |
Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
Genus: | Coryphaenoides |
Species: | C. serrulatus
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Binomial name | |
Coryphaenoides serrulatus Günther, 1878
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Synonyms | |
Macrurus serrulatus (Günther, 1878) |
The serrulate whiptail or serrulate rattail, Coryphaenoides serrulatus, is a rattail of the genus Coryphaenoides, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 750 and 2,000 m. Its length is between 30 and 45 cm.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coryphaenoides serrulatus". FishBase. April 2006 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