Bollons' rattail
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| Caelorinchus bollonsi McCann & McKnight, 1980 |
Bollons' rattail, Caelorinchus bollonsi, is a fish of the genus Caelorinchus, found along the east coast of New Zealand at depths of between 300 and 800 m. Its length is between 10 to 25 cm.
Bollons' rattail has the usual greatly elongated pointed tail of the rattails, as well as very large eyes and a ridged conical snout. There are long spined scales above but it is scaleless below and round the mouth. It has a chin barbel and a long first pelvic fin ray.
The colour is light brown, with 9 or 10 broad dark vertical bands on the back and flanks.
[edit] References
- Caelorinchus bollonsi (TSN 550723). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 18 April 2006.
- "Caelorinchus bollonsi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- 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
