: any of a family (Chimaeridae) of marine cartilaginous fishes with a tapering or threadlike tail and usually no anal fin
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Kerby also encountered chimaeras, or ghost sharks, primitive cartilaginous fish with big heads, pointy snouts, fins like airplane wings, long trailing tails and shiny silver-dollar eyes.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Fish with cartilage, part of the chondrichthyan group, include sharks, skates, rays and chimaera.
—CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
Critical missing details about the species' life cycle makes monitoring chimaera populations difficult, the New York Times reports.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
The exhibit will also introduce ones that might not be as commonly known to the general public, including the torpedo ray and the longnose chimaera.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
Rays are the most threatened, with 41 percent of 611 species studied being at risk; 36 percent of 536 sharks species are at risk; and 9 percent of 52 chimaera species.
—Karen McVeigh, Wired, 11 Sep. 2021
These organoids can be either chimaera of human or animal cells or slices of human brain tissue.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2018
Previously discovered in the deep sea near Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, researchers observed the pointy-nosed blue chimaera in the North Pacific for the first time in 2009 (see video above).
—Casey Smith, National Geographic, 28 July 2017
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See it Only one immature Andaman shortnose chimaera was found, and the male measured 20 inches in length, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
Kerby also encountered chimaeras, or ghost sharks, primitive cartilaginous fish with big heads, pointy snouts, fins like airplane wings, long trailing tails and shiny silver-dollar eyes.
—Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
Fish with cartilage, part of the chondrichthyan group, include sharks, skates, rays and chimaera.
—CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
Critical missing details about the species' life cycle makes monitoring chimaera populations difficult, the New York Times reports.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
The exhibit will also introduce ones that might not be as commonly known to the general public, including the torpedo ray and the longnose chimaera.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
Rays are the most threatened, with 41 percent of 611 species studied being at risk; 36 percent of 536 sharks species are at risk; and 9 percent of 52 chimaera species.
—Karen McVeigh, Wired, 11 Sep. 2021
These organoids can be either chimaera of human or animal cells or slices of human brain tissue.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2018
Previously discovered in the deep sea near Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, researchers observed the pointy-nosed blue chimaera in the North Pacific for the first time in 2009 (see video above).
—Casey Smith, National Geographic, 28 July 2017
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“Chimaera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimaera. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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