Giant grenadier
Albatrossia pectoralis
Marine Life of the Northeast Pacific (MLNEP) notes 2
Max length 2.2 m (vs. Pacific grenadier at 1.2 m)
Larger head and thicker body than the Pacific.
Most abundant than grenadier.
The giant grenadier, Albatrossia pectoralis, is a very large rattail, the only member of the genus Albatrossia, found in the north Pacific from northern Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering Seas, east to the Gulf of Alaska, and south to northern Baja California in Mexico, at depths between 140 and 3,500 m. Its length is up to 2.1 m. The giant grenadier has the usual greatly elongated, pointed tail of the rattails.
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