Biology:Cook's rattail

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Short description: Species of fish

Cook's rattail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. cookianus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus cookianus
McCann & McKnight, 1980

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

  • "Caelorinchus cookianus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=550729. Retrieved 18 April 2006. 
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Coelorinchus cookianus" 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

Wikidata ☰ Q2278447 entry