With a pointed head and black eyes, the "rare ghost" appears in the Pacific Ocean!

Researchers have discovered an exceptionally rare "ghost shark" near the South Island of New Zealand, which is translucent and gelatinous and has a pair of giant black eyes on a pointy head. It likely belongs to one of more than 50 known species of ghost sharks, also known as chimaeras, which live in deep waters around the world.

And the website of the “Russia Today” channel quoted the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand saying that although they are not exactly sharks, chimaeras are closely related to both sharks and rays, all of which are fish with skeletons made of cartilage instead of bone. .

The institute added that the embryos of ghost sharks develop in egg capsules placed on the sea floor.

There, the yolk-coated embryos are fed until it is time to hatch.

Due to their small size and exceptionally deep habitat, young ghost sharks are extremely rare, the researchers said.

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