False Graceful Whiptail
Coelorinchus smithi
- Usual depth405–766 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and November
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 405–766 m · Deepest record: 796.4 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- False Graceful Whiptail
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Kishuhige, キシュウヒゲ
- Simplified Chinese
- 史氏腔吻鱈, 斯氏腔吻鱈, 鱈魚
Other scientific names: Caelorinchus smithi, Coelorhynchus smithi
Similar species
- Spearnose Whiptail
Coelorinchus acutirostris
- Silver whiptail
Coelorinchus argentatus
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).
- 47 open-data records from 1908 to 2012.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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