Biology:Mahia whiptail
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Short description: Species of fish
| Mahia whiptail | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| Subfamily: | Macrourinae |
| Genus: | Coelorinchus |
| Species: | C. matamua
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| Binomial name | |
| Coelorinchus matamua (McCann & McKnight, 1980)
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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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Coelorinchus matamua" 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 ☰ Q1911337 entry
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