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No flame. I looked into it before responding. Check this out...the young burbot (8") displays only slight tapering while the sub-adult female (20") displays clearly defined tapering. I would also suspect that decomposition gas-bloat is adding something to the pic.

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Oddball;654567; said:
No flame. I looked into it before responding. Check this out...the young burbot (8") displays only slight tapering while the sub-adult female (20") displays clearly defined tapering. I would also suspect that decomposition gas-bloat is adding something to the pic.
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Nope. I just foung out its a deep sea fish called a giant rattail.
I wish it was keepable.:D
 
Jeox;654729; said:
Nope. I just foung out its a deep sea fish called a giant rattail.
I wish it was keepable.:D
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Never would have guessed going by that preserved or decomposing specimen. Check out the differences in the mouth, eye, and body of these 2 rattails side-by-side:

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Hi guys...... I think the fish in question is actually one of these...a Wolf Eel.

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That is an abyssal fish sometimes called the ratfish or giant grenadier (Albatrossia pectoralis) the picture is from this site people.whitman.edu/~yancey/fish.html and that one was caught off the Oregon coast.
 
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