A remarkable new species of deep-sea ghost shark, Rhinochimaera costaricana, has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica. Researchers identified distinct physical and genetic traits in three male specimens found at significant depths. This exciting find, published in Zootaxa, emphasizes the vast, unexplored marine biodiversity hidden within Costa Rica's deep waters and the power of modern scientific techniques.

Científicos de la Universidad de Costa Rica y del Incopesca descubren una nueva especie de quimera o tiburón fantasma a más de 390 metros de profundidad en el Pacífico.

A remarkable new species of deep-sea ghost shark, Rhinochimaera costaricana, has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica. Researchers identified distinct physical and…