- Banded whiptail
Taxobox
name = Banded whiptail
image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Gadiformes
familia =Macrouridae
genus = "Caelorinchus "
species = "C. fasciatus"
binomial = "Caelorinchus fasciatus"
binomial_authority = (Günther, 1878)The banded whiptail, "Caelorinchus fasciatus", is arattail of the genus "Caelorinchus ", foundcircumpolar in theGreat Southern Ocean at depths of between 70 and 1,100 m. Its length is between 25 and 45 cm.The banded whiptail has the usual greatly elongated pointed tail of the
rattail s, as well as very large eyes and a short pointed snout. The fins are rounded except the pelvic which has a longer firstdorsal fin ray. There is a small chin barbel.It diet is
copepod s,polychaete s,benthic mollusc s,arthropod s, decapods,amphipod s,echinoderm s and fishes (myctophid s and "Maurolicus ").The colour is dull grey with a series of darker vertical bars on the back and flanks, and the mouth and gill cavities are grey to black.
References
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* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, "Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand", (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand1982 ) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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