Deep Sea Sharks | A Gallery from Our Changing World | RNZ National

PhD student Brit Finucci is working on six little-known species of deep water chimaeras found in New Zealand waters

Adult and juvenile Pacific spookfish (Rhinochimaera pacifica) photo Brit Finucci

Beak-like grinding plates in mouth of a chimaera photo Alison Ballance

Black ghostshark (Hydrolagus homonycteris) photo Brit Finucci

Brit Finucci dissecting deep sea sharks photo Alison Ballance

Brit Finucci holding a long nose spookfish and a brown chimaera photo Alison Ballance

Brown chimaera (Chimaera carophila) photo Brit Finucci

Brown chimaera (in front) and long nose spookfishes in the background photo Alison Ballance

Chimaera egg cases photo Brit Finucc

Pacific spookfish (Rhinochimaera pacifica) photo Brit Finucci

Long nose spookfish (L) brown chimaera (centre) Pacific spookfish (R) photo Alison Ballance

Owston’s dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii) photo Brit Finucci

Paired ovaries and uteruses in an immature female chimaera photo Alison Ballance

Prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis) photo Brit Finucci

Spiked claspers on male brown chimaera photo Alison Ballance

Tenaculum (sex organ) on head of male Pacific spookfish (Rhinochimaera pacifica) photo Brit Finucci

Tenaculum on male brown chimaera photo Alison Ballance

Unidentified deep sea sharks photo Brit Finucci

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