Depth range
- 201-1000M(35)
- 1001M+(23)
- 501-1000M(18)
- 1001-2000M(15)
- 201-500M(12)
- 31-100M(8)
- 101-200M(6)
- 2001-3000M(4)
- 0-30M(4)
- 3001-4000M(2)
- 11-30M(1)
- 4000M+(1)
States & territories
- Western Australia(74)
- New South Wales(55)
- Queensland(41)
- Victoria(39)
- Tasmania(34)
- South Australia(31)
- Northern Territory(10)
- Norfolk Island(3)
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands(3)
- Macquarie Island(1)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands(1)
- Coral Sea Islands(1)
GeoZone
- SE oceanic(38)
- W oceanic(30)
- S oceanic(27)
- NW oceanic(25)
- NE oceanic(23)
- N coast(8)
- NW coast(6)
- Bass Strait(4)
- Lower E coast(3)
- Lower W coast(3)
- S Gulfs coast(3)
- Tas. coast(3)
- Great Australian Bight(2)
- SW coast(2)
- Central E coast(1)
- Central W coast(1)
Habitat & ecology
- continental slope(63)
- benthic(59)
- continental shelf(9)
- coral reef(3)
- mesopelagic(2)
- bathypelagic(2)
- benthopelagic(2)
- bathydemersal(2)
Localities/regions
Conservation Status
- IUCN: Not evaluated(3)
- EPBC Act: Not listed(3)
- WA: Not listed(2)
- NSW: Not listed(1)
- QLD: Not listed(1)
Biology
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Falseband Whiptail Coelorinchus maurofasciatus McMillan & Paulin 1993 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus See 'More Info' tab
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Blueband Whiptail Coelorinchus matamua (McCann & McKnight 1980) Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus See 'More Info' tab
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Smallpore Whiptail Cetonurichthys subinflatus Sazonov & Shcherbachev 1982 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Cetonurichthys The Smallpore Whiptail is the only species in the genus Cetonurichthys .
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Kaiyomaru Whiptail Coelorinchus kaiyomaru Arai & Iwamoto 1979 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus See 'More Info' tab
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Soela Whiptail Nezumia soela Iwamoto & Williams 1999 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Nezumia Summary to come soon
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Unicorn Whiptail Trachyrincus longirostris (Günther 1878) Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Trachyrincidae > Trachyrincus
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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.
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Northwest Threadfin Bream Pentapodus porosus (Valenciennes 1830) Actinopterygii > Perciformes > Nemipteridae > Pentapodus
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Coelorinchus australis (Richardson 1839) Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Coelorinchus The Southern Whiptail, one of the shallowest-dwelling grenadiers, lives only in Australian waters.
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Smoothsnout Whiptail Kumba gymnorhynchus Iwamoto & Sazonov 1994 Actinopterygii > Gadiformes > Macrouridae > Kumba