The Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish is a type of chimaera, a group of deep sea-dwelling fish with skeletons made of cartilage. They are closely related to rays and sharks and have smooth ...

A new species of ghost shark or “spookfish” was discovered ... According to the IUCN, no species of chimaera are listed as Endangered. Four are considered Vulnerable, four more are Near ...

A deep water animal, the ghost shark is scientifically known as chimaera and is closely related to sharks and rays. They are cartilaginous fish – having skeletons primarily made up of cartilage ...

Ghost sharks - also known as chimaera - are rarely spotted, and sightings of their young are even more uncommon. The newly-hatched shark was collected at a depth of about 1.2km (0.7 miles ...

Ghost sharks, also known as elephant fish, are members of the Chimaera family. Chimaeras are not sharks but rather close ...

The new ghost shark was found in the Chathams Rise, roughly 750km east of New Zealand's coast. It is distinctive for its very ...

It is about this time that Cladoselache also evolved. This is the first group that we would recognise as sharks today, but it may well have been part of the chimaera branch, and so technically not a ...

Humans are killing sharks at a much faster rate than sharks can repopulate. Sharks mature slowly, have slow reproductive rates, and produce few offspring—all of which makes them extremely vulnerable ...

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Scientists in New Zealand have discovered a new species of long-nosed "ghost shark" that thrives in the ... holotype of a new species of long-nosed chimaera 👻🦈- the Australiasian Narrow ...