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Callorhinchus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823 (Australian ghostshark) Family Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras) Genus Chimaera. Chimaera argiloba Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Whitefin chimaera) Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 (Bahamas ghost shark) Chimaera buccaginella Clerkin, Elbert, & Kemper, 2017 (Dark ...
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 ...
Ogilby's ghostshark (Chimaera ogilbyi), also known as the whitefish, is a species of chimaera, native to the waters of Australia and southern Indonesia. It lives near the ocean floor [1] on the continental shelf and continental slope 120–350 m (390–1,150 ft) deep. [2] It reaches a maximum size of 85.0 cm (33.5 in).
The Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish has a bulging black eyes and a wispy tail.
The black ghostshark (Hydrolagus homonycteris), also known as the black chimaera, is a chimaera species within the family Chimaeridae. The species lives off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand , in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in depths of 500–1,450 m (1,640–4,760 ft).
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 ...
At first, the egg is a golden yellow color, but this transforms into brown, and finally, black right before hatching. The average time in the egg is 8 months, and the embryo uses the yolk for all nourishment. Once hatched, the young instinctively move to deeper water. [10] The egg cases are long and flat, and resemble pieces of seaweed. [15]
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