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Rhinochimaera pacifica, commonly known as the Pacific spookfish, knifenose chimaera, narrownose chimaera, Pacific long-nosed chimaera, or Pinocchiofish, is a species of chimaera in the family Rhinochimaeridae. [2] It lives in various parts of the Pacific Ocean and can be characterized by its long snout.
The narrownose chimaera (Harriotta raleighana) is a longnose chimaera of the family Rhinochimaeridae, [3] the longnose chimaeras, consisting of eight species belonging three genera. [4]
Long-nosed chimaeras are found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide, from 200 to 2,000 m (660 to 6,560 ft) in depth. [4] In August 2020, a long-nosed chimaera was brought up from 460 fathoms (2,760 ft; 840 m) off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. [5] They range from 60 to 140 cm (2.0 to 4.6 ft) in maximum total length, depending on species.
The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was found during research surveys in the Chatham Rise, an area of ocean floor to the east of New Zealand, according to the National Institute of Water and ...
The Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish has a long, pointed nose, as its name indicates, and bulging black eyes. The creature has "chocolate brown" skin and a long, wispy tail, according to New ...
The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish, or Harriotta avia, was found in the Chatham Rise, an area of ocean floor off the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, by researchers from New ...
Harriotta avia, the Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish, is a type of chimaera of the family Rhinochimaeridae identified from several specimens found in New Zealand, Southwest Pacific Ocean. [1] Its distribution range is now believed to be New Zealand and Australia.
The Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish was found living in the deep waters closer to the ocean floor where they hunt food, scientists from Wellington-based National Institute of Water and ...