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Answer for the clue "Fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail ", 12 letters:
holocephalan

Word definitions for holocephalan in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
holocephalan \holocephalan\ n. A member of the Holocephali , fish with high compressed heads and a bodies tapering off into a long tail. See also Hoocephali .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass ''Holocephali''; the chimeras