Rat-tail, also known as a grenadier. These bony fishinhabit sandy plains along the continental slope. Grenadierbelong to the family Macrouridae and are gadiformes (cod-like fishes).
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Photographer: S. Ross
Date: 1991 August
Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Location: Temperate Atlantic Ocean, Hatteras Slope.