Scientists have found a rare ghost shark in the Pacific Ocean

Off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand, biologists from the country's National Institute of Aquatic and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have discovered a rare ghost shark that hatched recently, Live Science reports.

NIWA scientists conducted research at a depth of 1.2 m to assess the populations of local fish. They noticed a translucent jelly-like creature with a pointed head and large black eyes.

Science knows more than 50 species of ghost sharks or chimeras, they live at depths in oceans around the world. Chimeras are closely related to sharks and rays, whose skeletons consist not of bones, but of cartilage.

Ghost shark embryos grow up in egg capsules deposited at the bottom. Cubs of these creatures are extremely rare. Most representatives of the species have been seen already in adulthood.

The researchers plan to establish how the color, size and nutrition of fish change between infancy and adulthood.