Hawknose grenadier

Hawknose grenadier
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. oliverianus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus oliverianus
Phillipps, 1927

The hawknose grenadier (Coelorinchus oliverianus) is a species of rattail found around New Zealand, at depths of between 80 and 1300 m. Its length is between 20 and 35 cm.

References

  • "Caelorinchus oliverianus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coelorinchus oliverianus". FishBase. June 2012 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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