Hawknose grenadier
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The hawknose grenadier, Caelorinchus oliverianus, is a fish
of the genus
Caelorinchus
, found around New Zealand
, at depths of between 80 and 1300 m. Its length is between 20 to 35 cm.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
of the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Caelorinchus
Caelorinchus
Caelorinchus is a genus of rattails currently with 114 described species.-Species:* Surgeon grenadier, Caelorinchus acanthiger* Caelorinchus acantholepis* Aconcagua grenadier, Caelorinchus aconcagua* Caelorinchus acutirostris...
, found around New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, at depths of between 80 and 1300 m. Its length is between 20 to 35 cm.