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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.
Chimaeras 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, spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last three names are not to be confused with rattails, Opisthoproctidae, or Siganidae, respectively.
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.
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 hero to the small seaside...
The ghost shark, better known as a chimaeras, are cartilaginous fish. They are also sometimes referred to as “rat fish” or “rabbit fish.” Physical Characteristics. Length: 2 feet (0.6 meters) Weight: 2 pounds (0.9 kg) Lifespan: 15 years. Key Information. Scientific name: Callorhinchus milii.
Mar 21, 2024 · A different species of ghost shark has been newly discovered in the Andaman Sea near Thailand. A deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer the Sulawesi Sea.
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.
Dec 15, 2016 · Also called chimaeras, ghost sharks are dead-eyed, wing-finned fish rarely seen by people. Relatives of sharks and rays, these deep-sea denizens split off from these other groups some 300 million...
Ghost Shark is a 2013 American supernatural monster film directed for the Syfy television network by Griff Furst. With Furst joined by Paul A. Birkett and Eric Forsberg for screenwriting , the film premiered on Syfy on August 22, 2013.
After fishermen kill a great white shark, its spirit returns for revenge and sets its sights on the town of Smallport. Teenage Ava, her younger sister Cicely, and friend Blaise must find a way to defeat the ghostly predator before it's too late.
