New Zealand: New Kind of ‘Ghost Shark’ Walked Out – Impressive Images

Researchers in the announced that they identified a new species of “ghost”, a fish capable of catching its prey in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean. Fish of this kind of chimera, as otherwise known the “ghost shark”, of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, with a narrow nose were found in the Pacific Chatham marine area, which extends over 1,000 km east of New Zealand, announced the team of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) of Wellington. “Ghost sharks” are related to sharks and salachs and their skeleton is cartilage. They feed on shellfish found in depths that can reach about 2,600 meters. “The ‘ghost sharks’, such as this, are mainly confined to the depths of the ocean,” noted Brit Finucci, who gave the new species the name ‘Hariota avia’ in a tribute to her grandmother. ” Their habitat makes it difficult to study and observe them, which means that we don’t know much about their life cycle or where they are classified in terms of endangered species, but this constitutes discoveries such as this even more exciting,” he said. This “ghost shark” was previously considered to belong to a single species worldwide, before researchers discovered genetic and morphological differences over related species.