Notable whiptail
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| Caelorinchus innotabilis McCulloch, 1907 |
The notable whiptail, notable rattail or longnose rattail, Caelorinchus innotabilis, is a rattail of the genus Caelorinchus, found around southern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 500 and 1,500 m. Its length is between 15 to 32 cm.
The notable whiptail has the usual greatly elongated and thin pointed tail of the rattails, as well as large eyes and a long sharply-pointed snout. There is a large photophore on the belly in front of the anus.
Body colour is pale yellow-brown with a metallic sheen, the snout is translucent and flushed with green and pink, the abdomen, eye and gill cover margins, and lower fins are black, and the dorsal fins are green.
[edit] References
- "Caelorinchus innotabilis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. April 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
