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Rough-head whiptail

Rough-head whiptail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. aspercephalus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus aspercephalus
Waite, 1911

The rough-head whiptail or oblique banded rattail, Coelorinchus aspercephalus, is a species of rattail found around New Zealand including islands to New Zealand's south, at depths of between 30 and 300 m. Its length is between 15 and 35 cm.


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