Hawknose grenadier

Hawknose grenadier
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species: C. oliverianus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus oliverianus
Phillipps, 1927

The hawknose grenadier, Coelorinchus oliverianus, is a species of rattail found around New Zealand, at depths of between 80 and 1300 m. Its length is between 20 to 35 cm.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 07, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.