There are many species of rattails found in New Zealand waters.

Eric's hair was wet with rain and straggled over his shoulders in rattails.

Uncovering her bathroom mirror did nothing to cheer her; her hair hung in rattails around her face and dried tears crusted her lashes.

It had absorbed so much of the vapor thrown out by the water column, it had begun to sag and tangle in unpleasant rattails.

These large numbers of invertebrates in turn supported big fish populations, especially rattails, as well as better-known commercial species such as hoki and orange roughy.