Macrourids like this one are an incredibly common and diverse family of deep-sea fish with more than 200 species.
Rattail
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. Download larger version (jpg, 827 KB).

Macrourids like this one are an incredibly common and diverse family of deep-sea fish with more than 200 species. They have a long, tapering tail that got them the nickname “rattail,” though due to commercial fishing, they have been renamed “grenadiers.” This rattail was seen on Dive 14 at Explorer Ridge Deep at a depth of 2,228 meters on July 1, 2016.

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