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Deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer.Visible on its snout are tiny pores which lead to electroreceptor cells.. Chimaeras are soft-bodied, shark-like fish with bulky heads and long, tapered tails; measured from the tail, they can grow up to 150 cm (4.9 ft) in length.
Silver chimaera pectoral fins are broad and triangular and span about a third of the chimaera’s body length. [2] [3] Silver chimaeras have exceptionally long tails, with the length of the tail (measured from the end of the anal fin to the tip of the tail) being about a third of the chimaera’s total length. [3]
Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (shortspine chimaera) Chimaera owstoni S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Owston's chimaera) Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998 (leopard chimaera) Chimaera phantasma D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 (silver chimaera) Chimaera cf. sp. E Last & Stevens, 1994; White et al. 2006 (Lombok chimaera) Genus Hydrolagus Gill ...
It has a robust body, and has a shorter spine than first dorsal fin. Although it has a similar range and appearance to the southern chimaera, the shortspine chimaera is darker in colour and smaller. [3] A maximum size of at least 95 cm total length (including tail) and 53 cm body length (excluding tail) in females has been reported. [1] [4]
The narrownose chimaera (Harriotta raleighana) is a longnose chimaera of the family Rhinochimaeridae, [3] the longnose chimaeras, consisting of eight species belonging three genera. [4] This species is found in temperate seas worldwide, at depths between 200 and 3,100 m. [ 3 ]
Rhinochimaera pacifica, commonly known as the Pacific spookfish, knifenose chimaera, narrownose chimaera, Pacific long-nosed chimaera, or Pinocchiofish, is a species of chimaera in the family Rhinochimaeridae. [2] It lives in various parts of the Pacific Ocean and can be characterized by its long snout.
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The chimaera is a marine species, typically found on slanted and flat areas of deep oceans at the continental slope, sometimes extending into the bathyal zone. It has a broad depth range, occurring in waters 400 metres (1,300 ft) – 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) in depth, typically in the deeper part of this range. [ 5 ]