Mysterious and rare ghost shark caught on video

This species of the deep sea creature - a chimaera -  has never before been spotted or filmed in Northern Hemisphere waters. 

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NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program/AP/File
This image provided by NOAA shows a deep-sea Chimaera. Chimaera’s are most closely related to sharks, although their evolutionary lineage branched off from sharks nearly 300 million years ago, and they have remained an isolated group ever since. According to scientists the lateral lines running across this chimaera are mechano-receptors that detect pressure waves (just like ears). The dotted-looking lines on the frontal portion of the face (near the mouth) are ampullae de lorenzini and they detect perturbations in electrical fields generated by living organisms.
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