Mahia whiptail
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The Mahia whiptail, large-headed whiptail, or Mahia rattail, Caelorinchus matamua, is a rattail
of the genus Caelorinchus
, found circumpolar
in the southern oceans, at depths of between 450 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 45 and 65 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 circumpolar
Circumpolar
The term circumpolar may refer to:* circumpolar navigation: to travel the world "vertically" traversing both of the poles* Antarctic region** Antarctic Circle** the Antarctic Circumpolar Current** Subantarctic** List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands...
in the southern oceans, at depths of between 450 and 1,000 m. Its length is between 45 and 65 cm.