Dark Banded Rattail
Coelorinchus maurofasciatus
- Usual depth450–681 m
- Water temperature10–23 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 20 records
- April: 46 records
- May: 40 records
- June: 27 records
- July: 129 records
- August: 45 records
- September: 274 records
- October: 51 records
- November: 42 records
- December: 30 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 450–681 m · Deepest record: 1,126.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 10–23 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Dark Banded Rattail, Eastern False-banded Whiptail, False Banded Whiptail, Falseband Whiptail
Other scientific names: Caelorinchus maurofasciatus
Similar species
- Bollons' rattail
Coelorinchus bollonsi
- Banded Whip-tail
Coelorinchus fasciatus
- Innotable Whiptail
Coelorinchus innotabilis
Gargoyle FishCoelorinchus mirus
Hawknose grenadierCoelorinchus oliverianus
- Spottyface Whiptail
Coelorinchus acanthiger
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 964 open-data records from 1913 to 2018.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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