The squashed face rattail, ''Nezumia namatahi'', is a

rattail Grenadiers or rattails are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the subfamily Macrourinae, the largest subfamily of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this subfamily are am ...

of the genus ''

Nezumia ''Nezumia'' is a genus of rattails. The generic name derives from the Japanese 鼠 (''nezumi''), meaning " mouse". Species There are currently 53 recognized species in this genus: * '' Nezumia aequalis'' ( Günther, 1878) (Common Atlantic grena ...

'', found around New South Wales,

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, and New Zealand, at depths of between 1,250 and 1,300 m. Its length is about 35 cm. In the month-long NORFANZ Expedition of 2003 which was examining the biodiversity of the

seamount A seamount is a large geologic landform that rises from the ocean floor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level), and thus is not an island, islet or cliff-rock. Seamounts are typically formed from extinct volcanoes that rise abru ...

s and slopes of the Norfolk Ridge, 17 specimens averaging 110 g (0.25 lb), were collected from 10 locations.NORFANZ Voyage
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References

* * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) Macrouridae Fish described in 1980 {{Gadiformes-stub