Chimaeras (IMAGE)

Schmidt Ocean Institute

Chimaeras

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Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish, largely confined to deep water. Their closest living relatives are sharks, though their last common ancestor with sharks lived nearly 400 million years ago.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute

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