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Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes (/ k ɪ ˈ m ɛ r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /), known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish, spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last three names are not to be confused with rattails, Opisthoproctidae, or Siganidae, respectively.
Ghost sharks are specialist deep water dwellers spending most of their time between 400 – 2,000 meters, gliding slowly over the seabed in search of invertebrate prey. They like to diet on crabs, shellfish and sea urchins.
Dec 15, 2016 · Also called chimaeras, ghost sharks are dead-eyed, wing-finned fish rarely seen by people. Relatives of sharks and rays, these deep-sea denizens split off from these other groups some 300...
Mar 21, 2024 · A different species of ghost shark has been newly discovered in the Andaman Sea near Thailand. A deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer the Sulawesi Sea.
Mar 20, 2024 · Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen species of "ghost shark" with a massive head, giant, iridescent eyes and feathery fins in the depths of the Andaman Sea off the coast of...
Aug 2, 2023 · This summer, a team of researchers from the University of Florida and the Seattle Aquarium is plunging 100 meters beneath the waves in the Pacific Northwest to investigate the enigmatic ghost sharks, one of the ocean’s strangest deep-sea creatures.
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Also known as ghost sharks, rat fish, spook fish and rabbit fish. In Greek mythology the ‘Chimaera’ was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature. Chimaera are closely related to sharks, skates and rays. But they diverged from their shark relatives around 400 million years ago.
