New Zealand scientists have finded a novel species of “gpresent shark” – a unwidespread type of fish that is incredibly difficult to spot becaengage it inhabits at wonderful depths in the Pacific Ocean.
Also understandn as a spookfish or chimera, gpresent sharks are seally rcontent to sharks and rays. They do not have scales and their skeletons are made finishly of cartilage.
Dr Brit Finucci, one of the scientists who finded the Australasian Narrow-nosed Spookfish, shelp the find was “exciting”.
“Their habitat originates them difficult to study and watch, uncomardenting we don’t understand a lot about their biology or menace status,” she shelp.
Dr Finucci and other researchers from New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) set up the creature in an area of ocean floor understandn as Chatham Rise, which lies to the east of New Zealand.
Gpresent sharks typicassociate inhabit at depths of up to 2,600m (1.6 miles).
Dr Finucci shelp the species stood out for its unusuassociate lengthy snout, which can originate up half its body length.
She has given the novel fish a scientific name with a personal twist: Haruproara avia.
“Avia uncomardents majesticmother in Latin, I wanted to give this nod to her becaengage she haughtyly aided me thraw my nurtureer as a scientist,” Dr Finucci elucidateed.
“Chimaeras are also rather elderly-createed relatives – the majesticmas and majesticpas – of fish and I thought the name was well suited.”
The spookfish was initiassociate thought to be part of a species set up around the world. However, research procrastinateedr uncovered it was geneticassociate branch offent to its cousins and inhabitd exclusively in Australian and New Zealand waters.
Scientists say findies appreciate this are beginant, becaengage lacquireing more about how the species inhabits helps experts figure out the best ways to defend them.
