Fish proboscis and rare found for the second time in Northern Canada
A rather bizarre looking fish was recently caught in the icy waters in Northern Canada. After some speculation about the species of the fish, the animal was identified as a chimera of pointy nose, a very rare species of chimera.The fish has a pointed nose and a mouth threatening, as well as a thorny fin, which is poisonous, on the back of your body gelatinous gray. Fished in the province of Nunavut, in the Davis Strait. It was only the second time this kind of chimera was hake, since the chimera of pointy nose dwells in deep waters, which are rarely explored by humans."Potentially, if pescássemos between one and two thousand meters deep, were we supposed to know if there are many [chimeras of pointy nose]. But we simply don't know, "says Nigel Hussey, researcher at the University of Windsor, quoted by the international press."Only one of these fish caught in the Hudson Strait [also in Northern Canada], had previously been documented," adds Hussey.The chimeras are one of the oldest fish species. Such as sharks and rays, the skeleton of the chimeras is also made of cartilage. This species of fish is also known as "rat-fish," "fish-rabbit" or "ghost sharks". However, the chimeras are not sharks. The species evolved from sharks, his closest relative, about 400 million years ago. Since then the chimeras have remained as a rare species, mysterious and strange.
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