Blackest whiptail

Hymenocephalus aterrimus

Twenty Centimeters Macrourid Fish from the Hawaiian Islands

Black
Gray
Subtropical
Southern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
Oceania
South America
Elongated
Medium

Blackest whiptail is a marine fish of Widespread but patchy and discontinuous. The species occupies deep water. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 20 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cods and Hakes
Family: Macrouridae
Genus: Hymenocephalus
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Widespread but patchy and discontinuous. Atlantic: Caribbean and continental slope of northern South America. Pacific: off subtropical western and eastern Australia, several islands in the southern Pacific (New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, Marquesas Islands), and off Hawaii. Not recorded from eastern Atlantic nor Indian Ocean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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