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An extremely weird looking fish was snagged recently in the frigid artic waters off northern Canada and after some confused speculation about what it even is, researchers have identified it as the super rare long-nosed chimaera.
The spooky, deep sea fish has a long nose, menacing mouth, and a venomous spine atop its gelatinous grey body and was caught near the northernmost province of Nunavut in Davis Straight.
Researchers, who at first believed the odd fish was the similarly freakish goblin shark, say the long-nosed chimaera likely makes its home at depths not often visited by humans.
Snagged: This rare and bizarre fish-called a long-nosed chimaera--was caught in the chilly waters off the northern coast of Canada by Nunavut fishermen in the Davis Strait
Rarity: Rarely ever seen, the long-nosed chimaera is an oddity among oddities. All chimaeras are poorly understood, but the long-nose, with its whip-like tail and long snout, is especially so
Just two: The fish was caught in the Davis Strait off Canada's most northerly province of Nunavut. It was only the second such specimen ever identified from the waters
Guess again: It was initially thought to be one of these equally odd, and also rare, creatures called a goblin shark. But chimaeras aren't sharks, they come from a distinct lineage that branched off from their cousins the sharks some 400 million years ago
Enigma: Most species of chimaera live their lives in the dark, deep sea abyss. The enigmatic fish has its closest cousin in the shark, but the chimaera is much less common and for less studied
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