Serrulate whiptail
📖 Overview
The serrulate whiptail or serrulate rattail, Coryphaenoides serrulatus, is a rattail of the genus Coryphaenoides, found around southern Australia and New Zealand, at depths of between 750 and 2,000 m. Its length is between 30 and 45 cm.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. Head of moderate-size, its underside scaled; sensory pores on head prominent; eyes relatively large; snout blunt, its tip and lateral angles with large, stout tubercular scutes. Scales adherent, densely covered with distinctly shield-shaped imbricate spinules. Pyloric caeca short, directed anteriorly, 10 to 12; retia mirabilia 6. Overall color is brownish gray; fins dusky; oral and branchial cavities blackish.: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Serrulate whiptail is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Serrulate whiptail is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Serrulate whiptail is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 540 - 2070 m . Deep-water; 33°S - 50°S, 137°E - 179°W Southwest Pacific: New Zealand, Tasman Sea, south of Tasmania, southeast Australia (Victoria), and possibly also across the Indian Ocean (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Serrulate Rattail · Serrulate whiptail |
| 🌍CES | hlavoun pilovitý |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coryphaenoides serrulatus oceanus | Iwamoto & Shcherbachev | 1991 | Synonym |
| Macrurus serrulatus | Günther | 1878 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 6 records indexed .
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