ratfish

noun (plural same or ratfishes)

• 1a blunt-nosed chimaera with rodent-like front teeth and a long, thin tail, found chiefly in cooler waters. See also rabbitfish.

  • Genera Chimaera and Hydrolagus, family Chimaeridae: several species, including H. colliei of the eastern North Pacific

• 2a long, thin purplish edible fish which lives in shallow temperate waters of the Indo-Pacific where it burrows in the sand.

  • Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, the only member of the family Gonorhynchidae