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Pale Brown Chimaera
Hydrolagus bemisi
The pale ghost fish (Hydrolagus bemisi) is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae. It is endemic to South America waters.
From the article Pale ghost shark on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Estimations of growth and age have only been attempted for a quarter of the species known. This species has a medium-sized body with a tapered whip-like tail. Its length is up to 1.12 m. It can be distinguished from H. novaezealandiae and H. homonycteris as it has a pale silvery colour with no patternation or spots. Estimates suggest that they can live between 15 and 22 years, although the lack of data still makes this unreliable.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to South America and can rarely be found in small ponds in forests.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 103031.