Longrayed whiptail

The long-rayed whiptail or four-rayed rattail, Coryphaenoides subserrulatus, is a rattail of the genus Coryphaenoides, found circumpolar in all southern oceans, at depths between 550 and 1,200 m. Its length is between 20 and 37 cm.

Longrayed whiptail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Coryphaenoides
Species:
C. subserrulatus
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides subserrulatus
Makushok, 1976

References

  1. Iwamoto, T. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Coryphaenoides subserrulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154890A115249673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154890A4660149.en.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Coryphaenoides subserrulatus" in FishBase. January 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


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