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Fernandez Whiptail Coryphaenoides fernandezianus (Günther, 1887)
[CAAB 37 232125]

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Distribution, ecology and habitat:

Southeast Pacific Ocean, Juan Fernandez Islands and off the coast of Victoria, in southern Australian waters. Bathydemersal on the continental slope at depths of 1600 - 2515 m.

Size:

To at least 16 cm.

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Characteristics:

D II, 8; P 17; V 9-10; GR (inner) 11-12; BR ; PC
Head and snout moderate; head without modified scales forming stout ridges; a few small, deciduous scales on suborbital and lower jaw; snout naked ventrally and along anterior part of dorsal surface. Upper jaw teeth in 2 series, lower jaw teeth in a single row; chin barbel short, thin. Outer gill rakers of first arch short, flap like. Body scales deciduous, spinules exposed field reduced or lacking. Leading edge of long spinous ray of first dorsal fin with numerous short, reclined spinules; outer pelvic-fin ray slightly elongate.

Colour:

In preservative - overall dark brownish, somewhat darker on head; blackish over operculum, gill membranes and jaws; fins dark.

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Original citation:

Macrurus fernandezianus Günther 1887, Challenger Repts. Zool. 22(57): 23, south of Juan Fernández Islands.

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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. [as Coryphaenoides cf. fernandezianus]

Iwamoto, T. & Y.I. Sazonov, 1988. A review of the southeastern Pacific Coryphaenoides (sensu lato) (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macrouridae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (4)45(3): 35-82.