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Pacific Spookfish swimming

Reference

IB0021

Category

Sharks and Rays

Family Name

Spookfishes - RHINOCHIMAERIDAE

Common Name

Pacific Spookfish swimming

Scientific Name

Rhinochimaera pacifica

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Spookfishes have a system of mucus-filled sensory canals on the head that extend onto the ventral surface of the snout. They are known to lay horny egg capsules on the substrate and to feed on crustaceans and other benthic( meaning "bottom-dwelling").

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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