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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]
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 ]
Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990 (Pale chimaera) Hydrolagus purpurescens C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Purple chimaera) Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret, 2002 (Pointy-nosed blue chimaera) Family Rhinochimaeridae (Long-nosed chimaeras) Genus Harriotta. Harriotta haeckeli Karrer, 1972 (Smallspine spookfish) Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean ...
The tail is long and thin and they move by sweeping movements of the large pectoral fins. The erectile spine in front of the dorsal fin is sometimes venomous. There is no stomach (that is, the gut is simplified and the 'stomach' is merged with the intestine), and the mouth is a small aperture surrounded by lips, giving the head a parrot-like ...
A Chimaeridae fish and deepwater mussels at edge of a brine pool.. The Chimaeridae, or short-nosed chimaeras, are a family of cartilaginous fish.. They resemble other chimaeras in general form and habits, but have short, rounded snouts, without the modifications found in related families.
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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.