ratfish

 

noun (plural 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