Foxxy Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Found this inside the belly of a cuttlefish at work. Any ideas what it is? The tail goes down into a point and has a fin that runs along the underside of it. Also had a long and thin dorsal fin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Volitan Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Have a google on ‘ratfish’ or ‘chimera’ or more accurately ‘chimaera’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Blackfish Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Taken in the Sydney area Foxxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Foxxy Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 5 hours ago, Volitan said: Have a google on ‘ratfish’ or ‘chimera’ or more accurately ‘chimaera’. Yep pretty sure that’s it, came to the conclusion that it’s a species of chimaera rabbitfish. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yowie Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Looks like a species of rattail, also called grenadier. About 300 species in the family Macouridae. Usually a deep water species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Volitan Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Yowie said: Looks like a species of rattail, also called grenadier. About 300 species in the family Macouridae. Usually a deep water species. Yep. I think rattail it is. Thanks for the correction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Found this inside the belly of a cuttlefish at work. Any ideas what it is? The tail goes down into a point and has a fin that runs along the underside of it. Also had a long and thin dorsal fin.
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