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The ghost shark was found at a depth of around 1,200 meters (about 3,900 feet) on the Chatham Rise. “We don’t actually know a lot about ghost sharks,” Finucci told CNN at the time.
Scientists in New Zealand have discovered a new species of long-nosed "ghost shark" that thrives in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean.. The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was found living ...
Researchers have discovered a new species of "ghost shark" that exclusively lives in the deep waters surrounding Australia and New Zealand.The Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish has a long ...
Deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer.Visible on its snout are tiny pores which lead to electroreceptor cells.. Chimaeras are soft-bodied, shark-like fish with bulky heads and long, tapered tails; measured from the tail, they can grow up to 150 cm (4.9 ft) in length.
The Galápagos ghostshark (Hydrolagus mccoskeri) is a chimaera species in the family Chimaeridae, likely endemic to the Galápagos Islands.It was discovered by John E. McCosker in 1995 and described in 2006, scientifically named in honor of McCosker.
Chimaera bahamaensis, commonly known as the Bahamas ghost shark, is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae. It is found in North Atlantic Ocean around the Bahamas , specifically it has been found east of Andros Island .
The newly discovered species of ghost shark, known as a spookfish. It may be early to get the Halloween decorations out for most, but in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean spooky season is well ...
The whitespot ghost shark was first described in 2006 by Kimberly Quaranta, Dominique Didier, Douglas Long, and David Ebert in Zootaxa. The specific name, alphus, is Latin and refers to the white spot on its skin. [2] Because the species' habitat is too rough for trawls to operate in, the species has only been discovered using submersibles.