Bahamas Chimaera
Chimaera bahamaensis
Chimaera bahamaensis, the Bahamas ghost shark , is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It is found in North Atlantic Ocean around the Bahamas, specifically it has been found east of Andros Island. Chimaera bahamaensi is known to inhabit marine waters from a depth range of 1483 – 1506 m. It is one of the most recently described members of the genus Chimaera and to date only a single specimen has been found.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 188777.