Banded Whip-tail

Coelorinchus fasciatus

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth217–667 m
Water temperature6–19 °C
Best monthsFebruary
How commonCommon

About this species

The banded whiptail is a species of rattail found with a circumpolar distribution in the Great Southern Ocean at depths of between 70 and 1,100 m. Its length is between 25 and 45 cm.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Banded whiptail”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1,294 records
February: 9,763 records
March: 713 records
April: 731 records
May: 1,749 records
June: 503 records
July: 1,377 records
August: 303 records
September: 1,643 records
October: 2,109 records
November: 2,592 records
December: 397 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 217–667 m · Deepest record: 5,744.5 m

10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 4 records
80–90 m: 4 records
90–100 m: 2 records
100–110 m: 6 records
110–120 m: 7 records
120+ m: 25,009 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 6–19 °C

6–8 °C: 802 records
8–10 °C: 54 records
10–12 °C: 31 records
12–14 °C: 57 records
14–16 °C: 31 records
16–18 °C: 6 records
18–20 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Banded Whip-tail, Banded Whiptail, Rattail, Striped Whiptail

Other scientific names: Caelorinchus fasciatus, Coelorhynchus fasciatus, Coelorhynchus patagoniae, Garichthys fasciatus, Macrurus fasciatus

Similar species

Bollons' rattail
Coelorinchus bollonsi
Innotable Whiptail
Coelorinchus innotabilis
Gargoyle Fish
Coelorinchus mirus
Hawknose grenadier
Coelorinchus oliverianus
Spottyface Whiptail
Coelorinchus acanthiger
Oblique banded rattail
Coelorinchus aspercephalus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
29,418 open-data records from 1876 to 2023.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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