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New Species of Ghostshark From California & Baja California

physorg.com — New species are not just discovered in exotic locales -- even places as urban as California still yield discoveries of new plants and animals. Academy scientists recently named a new species of chimaera, an ancient and bizarre group of fishes distantly related to sharks, from the coast of Southern California and Baja California, Mexico.

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  • nahsrocketeer75, on 09/22/2009, -0/+14Fish names don't get any cooler than ghostshark.
  • cvraider7, on 09/23/2009, -0/+6Ghost......shark....

    So, sleeping is officially not an option anymore.
  • crashbang, on 09/22/2009, -0/+5Ninja ghostshark
  • robertbaker13, on 09/23/2009, -0/+4much like the mario ghost, this shark only approaches when you're facing the other way.

    also they have retractable sexual appendages on their foreheads. unlike mario characters.
  • benroy, on 09/23/2009, -0/+2I thought Ghost Shark was one of those SciFi channel movies. Mansquito is my personal favorite.
  • tmyprod, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1At least they're not spidersharks. Those things are creepy.
  • jaydedrag0n, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1wait.. they have sex with their heads???????
  • tiptep, on 09/30/2009, -0/+1Are gayfish jokes still funny?
  • leif777, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1Is it just me or have new species been popping up more than usual?... and where's my Yeti already?
  • hereticoftruth, on 09/23/2009, -0/+1So, are they good to eat? How much per pound?

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