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Little Whiptail Coelorinchus parvifasciatus McMillian & Paulin, 1993
[CAAB 37 232047]

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Distribution, ecology and habitat:

Southwest Pacific Ocean, off Australia and New Zealand; bathydemersal on continental slope at 220-600 m.

Size:

To 29 cm TL.

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Characteristics:

D II, 9-12 (usually 10); P 17-20; V 7; GR 7-8; BR 6; PC 19-26.
Snout short, broad, blunt, anterolateral margins incompletely supported by bone; orbit diameter longer than snout length. Underside of head naked or with 1-3 small scales above angle of lower jaw; broad, naked, translucent areas dorsally behind leading edges of snout, nasal fossa naked. Naked fossa of light organ extends forward almost to between pelvic-fin bases.

Colour:

Body with 7 or 8 faint, sometimes almost obscure, saddle marks posteriorly on body, more pronounced posteriorly, saddle marks separated by narrow pale bands, 1 or 2 scale rows wide at dorsomedial line; pale areas often with appearance of white dorsal spots; mouth and gill cavities dark.

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Other common names:

Small Banded Rattail.

Original citation:

Coelorinchus parvifasciatus McMillan & Paulin 1993, Copeia 1993(3): 830, fig. 8,  Chatham Rise, off New Zealand, 43°46.0-48.4'S, 174°06.2-07.6'E.

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References:

Iwamoto, T. & Graham, K.J. 2001. Grenadiers (Families Bathygadidae and Macrouridae,  Gadiformes, Pisces) of New South Wales, Australia. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 52(21): 407-509, figs. 1-114.