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Alternative names include elephant shark, makorepe (in Māori), whitefish, plough-nose chimaera, or elephant fish. It is found off southern Australia , including Tasmania , and south of East Cape and Kaipara Harbour in New Zealand , at depths of 0–200 m (0–656 ft).
Several near-shore species are purposefully caught for their meat, especially callorhinchids, Hydrolagus bemisi (pale ghost shark), and Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (dark ghost shark). Modern quotas have helped to moderate collection of these species to a sustainable level, though Callorhinchus milii (the Australian ghostshark ) experienced ...
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. “What ...
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Estimations of growth and age have only been attempted for a quarter of the species known. [2] This species has a medium-sized body with a tapered whip-like tail. [3] Its length is up to 1.12 m. [4]
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A beached specimen of Hydrolagus novaezealandiae found in Marlborough. The dark ghostshark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae) is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand. [1]