Longrayed whiptail

Longrayed whiptail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coryphaenoides
Species: C. subserrulatus
Binomial name
Coryphaenoides subserrulatus
Makushok, 1976

The longrayed whiptail or four rayed rattail, Coryphaenoides subserrulatus, is a rattail of the genus Coryphaenoides, found circumpolar in all southern oceans, at depths of between 550 and 1,200 m. Its length is between 20 to 37 cm.

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