Paracetonurus flagellicauda is a species of fish in the subfamily Macrourinae (grenadiers or rattails). Some sources place it in the genus Pseudonezumia.
Description
Paracetonurus flagellicauda has a slender body, tapering to a string-like tail (hence its specific name flagellicauda, "whip-tail"). It is white with black markings.(PDF) Paracetonurus flagellicauda (Koefoed, 1927) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei), new records from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Madagascar Plateau Its length is maximum .
Habitat
Paracetonurus flagellicauda lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean and southwest Indian Ocean, and is common in the Azores. It is bathydemersal, living at . The species may migrate along the mid-ocean ridges to travel between oceans.
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