noun
- plural of ratfish; cartilaginous marine fish with a long, tapering tail and a pointed snout, found in deep waters
Usage: zoological
Examples
- Ratfishes are ancient cartilaginous fish related to sharks and rays.
- The deep-sea expedition discovered several species of ratfishes.
- Ratfishes have a distinctive long, whip-like tail.
- Marine biologists study ratfishes to understand deep-ocean ecosystems.
- The ratfishes were found at depths exceeding 1,000 meters.
- These ratfishes belong to the order Chimaeriformes.