Pacific spookfish

The Pacific spookfish lives in the benthopelagic, marine, depth range 330 - 1490 m environment.

The Pacific Spookfish is a very strange-looking, deepsea fish that has has a long, flexible snout. Identification The Pacific Spookfish has a long, flexible snout, small eyes and smooth tooth plates. More

Common names

Deep-sea chimaera in English
Deep-sea Pacific knife-nose chimaera in English
Longnosed chimaera in English
Narrownose chimaera in English
Pacific longnosed chimaera in English
Pacific spookfish in English
Pinocchiofish in English
Ratfish in English
Tengu-ginzame in Japanese (日本語)
химера тихоокеанская носатая in Russian (русский язык)
太平洋長吻銀鮫 in Mandarin Chinese
太平洋长吻银鲛 in Mandarin Chinese
黑翅沙 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Chimaeriformes
Family : Rhinochimaeridae
Genus : Rhinochimaera
Species : Rhinochimaera pacifica
Authority : Mitsukuri, 1895