A Ghostly Chimaera
An Australian ghostshark (Callorhinchus milii) scours the seagrass beds of the river Derwent for an easy meal. This is not actually a shark but a ‘chimaera’, a group of cartilaginous fish that branched off from the sharks and rays nearly 400m years ago. Members of this species use their plough-shaped snouts to detect prey hidden in the sand.
Photograph: Daniel van Duinkerken

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