Photo Courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 2003
Eastern Pacific Black Ghostshark
October 2009
Hydrolagus melanophasma
Family Chimaeridae

Identification: A chimaera of the genus Hydrolagus, which lack an anal fin, it has a fairly large, torpedo-like body, tapering from its blunt snout to a short whip-like tail filament. It has large, triangular pectoral fins, a long, slightly curved spine [...]