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Supanose Whiptail Coelorinchus supernasutus McMillian & Paulin, 1993
[CAAB 37 232116]

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Distribution, ecology and habitat:

Temperate Southwest Pacific off Australia and New Zealand; bathydemersal on continental slope at 500-900 m; rarely taken off Australian mainland, more common on ridges and seamounts in Tasman Sea.

Size:

To 64 cm TL.

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Characteristics:

D II, 9; P 18-19; V 7; GR 9-10; BR 6; PC
Snout extremely long, narrow, about one-half headlength, tipped with a broad flat diamond-shaped scute, anterolateral margins completely supported by bone. Underside of head covered with small, spinulated scales. Nasal fossa mostly covered with small scales. Body scales with 5-8 divergent rows of broad-based spinules. Light organ small, externally visible with black dermal window before anus.

Colour:

Overall brownish without distinctive markings; darker dorsally, abdomen and gill covers blackish; lips, gums, mouth lining, median ridge of nasal bone dark; first dorsal fin blackish, other fins pale to dusky.

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Other common names:

Supanose Rattail.

Original citation:

Coelorinchus supernasutus McMillan & Paulin 1993, Copeia 1993(3): 833, fig. 10, Bay of Plenty, 37°27.4-27.0'S, 177°46.3-49.1'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.

McMillan, P.J. & Paulin, C.D. 1993. Descriptions of nine new species of rattails of the genus Coelorinchus (Pisces, Macrouridae) from New Zealand. Copeia 1993(3): 819-840.