Slender unicorn rattail

Slender unicorn rattail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Trachyrincus
Species: T. longirostris
Binomial name
Trachyrincus longirostris
(Günther, 1878)

The slender unicorn rattail, Trachyrincus longirostris, is a rattail of the genus Trachyrincus, found in south-east Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 850 and 1,300 m. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.

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