{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Fernandes, P. |author2=Cook, R. |author3=Florin, A.-B. |author4=Lorance, P. |author5=Nielsen, J. |author6=Nedreaas, K. |author7=Conceicao Biscoito, M.J. |year=2015 |title=''Paracetonurus flagellicauda'' (Europe assessment) |volume=2015 |article-number=e.T67965997A67966025 |doi= |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> | parent_authority = Marshall, 1973 | taxon = Paracetonurus flagellicauda | authority = ([[Einar Laurentius Koefoed|Koefoed]], 1927) | synonyms = *''Grenurus flagellicauda'' {{small|Koefoed, 1927}} *''Macrourus flagellicauda'' {{small|Koefoed, 1927}} *''Macrurus flagellicauda'' {{small|Koefoed, 1927}} *''Pseudonezumia flagellicauda'' {{small|Koefoed, 1927}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221505|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paracetonurus flagellicauda (Koefoed, 1927)|website=www.marinespecies.org}}</ref> }}
'''''Paracetonurus flagellicauda''''' is a [[species]] of fish in the subfamily [[Grenadiers (fish)|Macrourinae]] (grenadiers or rattails).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=748aAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Paracetonurus+flagellicauda%22|title=Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle: Zoologie. 3e série|date=September 1, 1976|publisher=Le Muséum|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWcWAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Paracetonurus+flagellicauda%22|title=Guide des poissons de l'Atlantique européen|first=Jean-Claude|last=Quéro|date=September 1, 2003|publisher=Delachaux et Niestlé|isbn=978-2-603-01271-0|via=Google Books}}</ref> Some sources place it in the [[genus]] ''[[Pseudonezumia]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=623012#null|title=ITIS - Report: Pseudonezumia flagellicauda|website=www.itis.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/131534|title=Pseudonezumia flagellicauda - (Koefoed, 1927)|website=eunis.eea.europa.eu}}</ref>
==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.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233414550_Paracetonurus_flagellicauda_Koefoed_1927_Macrouridae_Gadiformes_Teleostei_new_records_from_the_Mid-Atlantic_Ridge_and_Madagascar_Plateau (PDF) Paracetonurus flagellicauda (Koefoed, 1927) (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei), new records from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Madagascar Plateau<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Its length is maximum {{Cvt|39.3|cm}}.<ref name="auto"/>
==Habitat==
''Paracetonurus flagellicauda'' lives in the northeast [[Atlantic Ocean]] and southwest [[Indian Ocean]], and is common in the [[Azores]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Paracetonurus+flagellicauda%22|title=Grenadiers of the World Oceans: Biology, Stock Assessment, and Fisheries|first1=Aleksei M.|last1=Orlov|first2=Tomio|last2=Iwamoto|date=September 1, 2008|publisher=American Fisheries Society|isbn=978-1-934874-00-4|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2416827/treatments|title=Paracetonurus flagellicauda (Koefoed, 1927)|website=www.gbif.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Pseudonezumia-flagellicauda.html|title=Paracetonurus flagellicauda|website=www.fishbase.se}}</ref> It is [[bathydemersal]], living at {{Cvt|2250|-|4500|m}}. The species may migrate along the [[mid-ocean ridge]]s to travel between oceans.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAAtDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Paracetonurus+flagellicauda%22&pg=PA219|title=Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries|first=I. G.|last=Priede|date=August 10, 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-08382-0|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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[[Category:Macrouridae]] [[Category:Fish described in 1927]] [[Category:Taxa named by Einar Laurentius Koefoed]]
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