Gargoyle fish

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Gargoyle fish
Caelorinchus mirus.jpg
Drawing by Allan Riverstone McCulloch
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Macrouridae
Subfamily: Macrourinae
Genus: Coelorinchus
Species:
C. mirus
Binomial name
Coelorinchus mirus
McCulloch, 1926

The gargoyle fish or small-eye rattail (Coelorinchus mirus) is a species of rattail found around southeast Australia and between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands.

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