Caelorinchus sheni

Taxobox
name = "Caelorinchus sheni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gadiformes
familia = Macrouridae
subfamia = Macrourinae
genus = "Caelorinchus"
species = "C. sheni"
binomial = "Caelorinchus sheni"
binomial_authority = Chiou, Shao and Iwamoto, 2004

"Caelorinchus sheni" is a species of rattail. It is only known from depths of 450-650 m off the coast of Taiwan.

This is a fairly large rattail with the limited number of known specimens including one over 93 cm in length. It has a large eye, a long, blunt-ended snout and a large-opening mouth. There is a series of dark saddle-shaped marks along the body and a small light-producing organ.

References

* [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/43.1/35.pdf A new species, "Caelorinchus sheni", and 19 new records of grenadiers (Pisces: Gadiformes: Macrouridae) from Taiwan - CHIOU Mei-Luen ; SHAO Kwang-Tsao ; IWAMOTO Tomio]