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Staff file photo/Former City Councilor Bill Fonvielle NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/Courtesy photo/This chimaera or ghost shark, at roughly 20 inches, was the largest and darkest seen during the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration. The dots on its head are ampullae of Lorenzini that can detect minute electrical signals generated by their prey. As we write this on Friday, were kind of cold and a little cranky. So, what do you say we go right to the items? The Electoral...

Posted December 18, 2020 2:34 a.m. EST By Annie Roth, New York Times Take one look at a ghost shark and you may say, “What’s up with that weird-looking fish?” Over the past few decades, scientists learned that these cartilaginous fishes, also known as ratfish or Chimaeras, have been around for hundreds of millions of years and that they have venomous spines in front of their dorsal fins and “fly” through the water by flapping their pectoral fins. They even ...

Will Ghost Sharks Vanish Before Scientists Can Study Them? Much remains to be learned about the cartilaginous, little understood fishes that inhabit the deep-sea. A giant black ghost shark on the seafloor, at a depth of about 6,500 feet.Credit...Te Papa/Massey University By Annie Roth Dec. 17, 2020 Take one look at a ghost shark and you may say, “What’s up with that weird-looking fish?” Over the past few decades, scientists learned that these cartilaginous fishes, also known as ratfish or...