Biblio Entry Summary for Coelorinchus smithi
 
Citation Iwamoto, T. and J.E. McCosker, 2014, Deep-water fishes of the 2011 Hearst Philippine biodiversity expedition of the California Academy of Sciences.. pp. 263-332. In Williams, G.C. and T.M. Gosliner (eds.) 2014. The Coral Triangle: the 2011 Hearst Philippine biodiversity expedition. California: San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 593 p.
Ref. 95664 Iwamoto, T. and J.E. McCosker, 2014
Page 280;fig.54
Named Used as Valid Coelorinchus smithi
Comment list; max length;
Locality
Distribution Widely distributed from southern Japan to Indonesia and Australia; Philippines (off Batangas and Mindoro, off SW Luzon).
Quote The specimen with only the head and parts of the vertebral column was mostly devoured by deep-sea isopods (Bathynomus) which were also take in the same traps; the head remains in excellent condition allowing ready identification.
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