Mahia 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: | Coelorinchus |
Species: | C. matamua |
Binomial name | |
Coelorinchus matamua (McCann & McKnight, 1980) |
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.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coelorinchus matamua". 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
Taxon identifiers | |
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Coelorinchus matamua |
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