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Description
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). (Image credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); University of North Carolina at Wilmington | S. Ross)
Credit
OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Photographer
S. Ross
Display Date
1991 August
Location
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, Hatteras Slope.
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
National Undersea Research Program (NURP) Collection
Sea Life
Seafloor Vertebrates