Coelorinchus kaiyomaru, Campbell whiptail

Coelorinchus kaiyomaru Arai & Iwamoto, 1979

Campbell whiptail
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Coelorinchus: Greek, koilos = a hollow + Greek, rhyngchos = jaw (Ref. 45335); kaiyomaru: Named for the fisheries research vessel Kaiyo Maru; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: The research vessel ‘Kaiyo Maru’, owned by the Japanese Fisheries Agency, collected the holotype. (See also Campbell) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Arai & Iwamoto.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 625 - 1150 m (Ref. 11953). Deep-water; 40°S - 56°S

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Southern circumglobal: New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Falkland Islands. Also known from the southeast Atlantic off Gough and Discovery tablemounts.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1371)

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Anal spines: 0. This species is distinguished by the following characters: snout long. Slender, and sharply pointed, its length 43-48% HL, 0.5-0.7 into orbit diameter; normally no scales on ventral aspects of head except along anterolateral margin of snout; naked areas dorsally behind anterolateral margins of snout confined to narrow strips; anterolateral edges of snout not supported by bone (median and lateral processes of nasal bone not united); ventral light organ very small, short, situated just before anus; scales large, fairly deciduous, spinules short, imbricate, aligned in 8 to 10, slightly divergent rows; overall color is gray-brown, with a bluish band around trunk; the underside of the head dusky to densely punctuated; the orbit rim black; the fins blackish to dusky (Ref. 1371, 36027).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Feeds on deep-sea decapod crustaceans, gastropods, and polychaetes (Ref. 1371). Probably taken occasionally in by-catch of commercially important fishes (Ref. 1371).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Iwamoto, Tomio | Collaborators

Iwamoto, T. and E. Anderson, 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. (Ref. 11953)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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