Coelorinchus smithi Gilbert & Hubbs, 1920
False graceful whiptail

Family:  Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Max. size:  43.2 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 300 - 1110 m
Distribution:  Western Pacific.
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Reported off the east coast of Mindoro in 403 - 518 m; near W Bohol in 403 m; near Cagayan Sulu, Sulu Sea in 622 m; vicinity of N Mindanao in 403 - 414 m; between Cebu and Siquijor in 567 m; and, between Negros and Siquijor in 468-511 m (Ref. 280). Collected during the Hearst Expedition 2011 done off Batangas and Mindoro, off SW Luzon (Ref. 95664).


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