Slender unicorn rattail
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The slender unicorn rattail, Trachyrincus longirostris, is a rattail
of the genus Trachyrincus
, found around southeast Australia
and New Zealand
, at depths of between 850 and 1,300 m. Its length is between 30 to 60 cm.
Rattail
Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae...
of the genus Trachyrincus
Trachyrincus
Trachyrincus is a genus of rattails of the family Macrouridae.-Species:* Trachyrincus aphyodes McMillan, 1995* Armourhead grenadier, Trachyrincus helolepis Gilbert, 1892* Slender unicorn rattail, Trachyrincus longirostris...
, found around southeast 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 850 and 1,300 m. Its length is between 30 to 60 cm.