Cook's rattail
| Cook's rattail | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Macrouridae |
| 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 to 25 cm.
References
- "Caelorinchus cookianus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 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
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