Compared to Alaska pollock, giant grenadier muscle had large myotomes in loose bundles, characteristic of soft fleshed fish. This guy with the big, creepy mouth is a giant grenadier fish. Protease activity was low and as in Alaska pollock not considered a factor in soft flesh. Consequently, we undertook a study to … Without this chemical fish would be dehydrated by the surrounding ocean water. TMAO, and its breakdown product TMA, are the chemicals that make marine animals smell fishy. The ratio of water to protein (13.4) was almost three times higher than for Dover sole (5.9) and Alaska pollock (4.7). Grenadier, also called rat-tail or rattail, any of about 300 species of abundant deep-sea fishes of the family Macrouridae found along the ocean bottom in warm and temperate regions. Giant grenadier otoliths have been collected by the AFSC since 1997, and in a recent effort to begin giant grenadier stock assessment, the Age and Growth Program was asked to study the feasibility of providing production age estimates. The typical grenadier is a large-headed fish with a tapered body ending in a long, ratlike tail bordered above and below by the anal and second dorsal fins. This species is usually found …