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Javelin (fish)
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The javelin, javelinfish, or southern whiptail, Caelorinchus australis, is a rattail
of the genus Caelorinchus
, found around Australia
and New Zealand
at depths of between 80 and 500 m. Its length is between 25 to 50 cm.
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
of the genus 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 Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and 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 500 m. Its length is between 25 to 50 cm.