Description

Also known as Bentnose Chimaera, Bentnose Rabbitfish, Bigspine Spookfish, Longnose Chimaera, Longnose Spookfish, Long-nosed Chimaera, Narrownose Chimaera, Ratfish, Smallspine Spookfish, Spearnose Chimaera, Spookfish, Widenose Chimaera.

Found singly, close to the ocean floor, in very deep waters of the continental shelf.
They feed on crustaceans and shellfish.
Length - 120cm
Depth - 200-3100m
Widespread Circumtropical

Found worldwide in tropical to temperate waters of the oceans, living close to the bottom of the continental shelf. Usually caught as a by-catch in deep water trawling. Ref: https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/5053