- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- GADIFORMES
- MACROURIDAE
- Haplomacrourus
- nudirostris
Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980
Other Names: Naked Snout Rattail

A Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris, from off New South Wales. Source: Ken J. Graham / New South Wales Fisheries. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Bray, D.J. 2018, Haplomacrourus nudirostris in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3782
Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980
More Info
Distribution |
Coral Sea off Townsville, Queensland, to southwest of King Island, Tasmania, also Norfolk Ridge in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific and south Atlantic. |
Species Citation |
Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980, Voprosy Ikhtiologii 20(1): 3-11 figs 1-2. Type locality: south-eastern Atlantic, off South Africa, 1230-1500 m. [37°09´S, 7°40´E]. |
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
Resources |
Nakedsnout Whiptail, Haplomacrourus nudirostris Trunov 1980
References
Iwamoto, T. 1999. Families Macrouridae, Bathylagidae, Moridae, Bregmacerotidae. pp. 1986-1998 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Iwamoto, T. & Anderson, E. 1994. Review of the grenadiers (Teleostei: Gadiformes) of southern Africa, with descriptions of four new species. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (61): 1-28.
Iwamoto, T. & Graham, K.J. 2001. Grenadiers (Families Bathygadidae and Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Pisces) of New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52(21): 407-509 figs 1-114
Paulin, C., Stewart, A., Roberts, C. & McMillan, P. 1989. New Zealand fish: a complete guide. National Museum of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 19: 1-279
Trunov, I.A. 1980. A new genus and species of grenadier, Haplomacrourus nudirostris (Osteichthyes, Macrouridae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 20(1): 3-11 figs 1-2 [in Russian; English transl. J. Ichthyol. 20(1): 1–8]