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Chimaeridae. Rhinochimaeridae. Chimaeras [1] are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes ( / kɪˈmɛrɪfɔːrmiːz / ), 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. At one time a "diverse and abundant" group ...
Interesting Ghost Shark Facts. 1. They are the among the oldest fish in the ocean. They have the slowest evolving genome of all known invertebrates. That’s why many of their characteristics seem out of place against other oceanic species. In fact, ghost sharks belong to the only group of fish with true nostrils! 1. 2.
Aug 15, 2013 · When teenager Christy Bruce disappears from a high school beach party, her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a he...
Aug 22, 2013 · Ghost Shark: Directed by Griff Furst. With Robert Aberdeen, Jayme Bohn, Eliot Brasseaux, Amy Brassette. When rednecks on a fishing trip kill a great white shark, its spirit comes back for revenge, and soon turns its sights on the town of Smallport.
The ghost shark mostly lives in deep water environments and is rare to see. The species is thought to originate around 420 million years ago in the Silurian period. They are closely related to sharks, skates, and rays, according to the Shark Trust. But, around 400 million years ago, they diverged from their common ancestor.
When it’s a ghost shark! These creatures are actually chimaeras—cartilaginous fishes that are related to sharks but distinguished by several differences, including having only one gill on either side of the body. Inhabitants of deep water, chimaeras can grow more than six feet long depending on the species. Their eyes are backed with a ...
The pointy-nosed blue chimaera, a species of "ghost shark," was captured on camera for the first time in 2009. Video courtesy Monterey Bay Aquarium Research ...
Dec 15, 2016 · Dive deep deep down into the ocean, long past the point where the sun’s rays can penetrate, and you will enter the realm of the ghost sharks. Also called chimaeras, ghost sharks are dead-eyed ...
Chimaera. 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. They differ from sharks as they have: Upper jaws ...
chimaera, (subclass Holocephali), any of numerous cartilaginous fishes related to sharks and rays in the class Chondrichthyes but separated from them as the subclass (or sometimes class) Holocephali. Like sharks and rays, chimaeras have cartilaginous skeletons, and the males possess external reproductive organs (claspers) derived from the ...
