Pointy-nosed blue chimaera
📖 Overview
Oviparous . Eggs are encased in horny shells . Reported sexual maturity at 550-65.0 cm BDL or body length .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Body blue-gray with a dark line around the orbit and dark shadowing along edges of lateral-line canals. Snout pointed. Preopercular and oral lateral-line canals sharing a common branch. D1 concave with pale margin. Males with frontal tenaculum deeply curved, upturned distally with spines along dorsal upturned edge. Prepelvic tenacula deeply indented along distal margin. Pelvic claspers with pale fleshy distal lobes, divided distally for 1/3 their length, tips usually extending beyond distal edge of pelvic fins. Ventral caudal fin not deeply indented at its origin to form a separate anal fin.: elongated; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Pointy-nosed blue chimaera is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 612 - 1707 m . Deep-water
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Abyssal Ghostshark · Pointy-nose Blue Chimaera · Pointy-nosed Blue Chimaera · Pointynose Blue Chimaera · Ray Troll’s Chimaera |
| 🇫🇷French | Chimère bleue à museau pointu |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Puntsnuitdraakvis |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Quimera-azul |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .
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