Rat-tail, also known as a grenadier. These bony fish
inhabit sandy plains along the continental slope. Grenadier
belong to the family Macrouridae and are gadiformes (cod-like fishes).
Image ID: nur00510, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: Temperate Atlantic Ocean, Hatteras Slope. Photo Date: 1991 August Photographer: S. Ross Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); University of North Carolina at Wilmington