Chimaeras [1] 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 (not to be confused with rattails), spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last two names are also applied to Opisthoproctidae and 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. They resemble sharks in some ways including internal fertilization of females and electroreception to find prey.

2024年3月21日 · The new shark was named Chimaera supapae, and has eerie, giant, glow-in-the-dark eyes, a huge head and feather-like fins, according to a new paper in the journal Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.

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.

Ghost sharks, also known as chimaeras, are deep-sea fish belonging to the order Chimaeriformes. Despite their name, they are not true sharks but are closely related. Ghost sharks have a cartilaginous skeleton and distinctive features like elongated bodies, large eyes, and smooth skin.

2024年9月24日 · Researchers have discovered a new species of "ghost shark" that exclusively lives in the deep waters surrounding Australia and New Zealand. The Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish has a long,...

2023年8月2日 · 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.

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.

2024年4月1日 · The history of origin, evolutionary adaptations, living environment, and reproduction habits of chimaeras are no less interesting than their visual specifications. Luckily, below, we’ll explain all about Chimaera or Ghost Shark, as some people call it.

2025年1月31日 · The ghost shark is easily identified because of their very large, high-set eyes, and the club-like structure at the end of their snouts. Their protruding snout is made to search for food prey in the sand, and is highly sensitive to electric fields and movement.