Rough-head whiptail
Rough-head whiptail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Macrouridae |
Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
Genus: | Coelorinchus |
Species: | C. aspercephalus
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Binomial name | |
Coelorinchus aspercephalus Waite, 1911
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The rough-head whiptail or oblique banded rattail, Coelorinchus aspercephalus, is a species of rattail found around New Zealand including islands to New Zealand's south, at depths of between 30 and 300 m. Its length is between 15 and 35 cm.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Coelorinchus aspercephalus" in 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
Categories:
- Macrouridae
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Fish described in 1911
- Gadiformes stubs