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Chimaeras are commely referred to as ghost sharks, but they are also sometimes called spookfish, rat fish, rabbit fish and even elephant fish due to their rather odd-looking appearances throughout their different species.
‘Chimaera’ is a common name given for cartilaginous fish belonging to the subclass Holocephali of the class Chondrichthyes, which includes the sharks, skates and rays – who are ghost sharks closest living relatives today.
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.
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