Mahia whiptail

Mahia whiptail
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Macrouridae
Genus:	Caelorinchus
Species:	C. matamua
Binomial name
Caelorinchus matamua (McCann & McKnight, 1980)

The Mahia whiptail, large-headed whiptail, or Mahia rattail, Caelorinchus matamua, is a rattail of the genus Caelorinchus, found circumpolar in the southern oceans, at depths of between 450 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 45 and 65 cm.

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Caelorinchus matamua" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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