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Depth range

  • 201-1000M(35)
  • 1001M+(23)
  • 501-1000M(18)
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GeoZone

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Habitat & ecology

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Localities/regions

  • Lord Howe Island Province(5)
  • Moreton Bay Region(3)
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Conservation Status

  • IUCN: Not evaluated(3)
  • EPBC Act: Not listed(3)
  • WA: Not listed(2)
  • NSW: Not listed(1)
  • QLD: Not listed(1)

Biology

  • oviparous(3)
  • pelagic eggs(2)
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  • bioluminescent(1)
  • external fertilisation(1)
  • carnivore(1)
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  • Falseband Whiptail Falseband Whiptail Coelorinchus maurofasciatus McMillan & Paulin 1993 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus See 'More Info' tab
  • Blueband Whiptail Blueband Whiptail Coelorinchus matamua (McCann & McKnight 1980) Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus See 'More Info' tab
  • Smallpore Whiptail Smallpore Whiptail Cetonurichthys subinflatus Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1982 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Cetonurichthys The Smallpore Whiptail is the only species in the genus Cetonurichthys .
  • Kaiyomaru Whiptail Kaiyomaru Whiptail Coelorinchus kaiyomaru Arai & Iwamoto 1979 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus See 'More Info' tab
  • Soela Whiptail Soela Whiptail Nezumia soela Iwamoto & Williams 1999 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Nezumia Summary to come soon
  • Unicorn Whiptail Unicorn Whiptail Trachyrincus longirostris (Günther 1878) Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Trachyrincidae > Trachyrincus
  • Longray Whiptail Longray Whiptail Coryphaenoides subserrulatus Makushok 1976 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coryphaenoides A whiptail with extremely elongated upper pectoral-fin and outer pelvic-fin rays, much longer than head length.
  • Northwest Threadfin Bream Northwest Threadfin Bream Pentapodus porosus (Valenciennes 1830) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Nemipteridae > Pentapodus
  • Coelorinchus australis (Richardson 1839) Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus The Southern Whiptail, one of the shallowest-dwelling grenadiers, lives only in Australian waters.
  • Smoothsnout Whiptail Smoothsnout Whiptail Kumba gymnorhynchus Iwamoto & Sazonov 1994 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Kumba
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