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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helen Scales

Discovered in the deep: the ghost catshark found after an egg hunt

A thin black fish with a pointed nose and swept-back fins
An adult female ghost catshark (Apristurus ovicorrugatus), 47cm long and with distinctive shining irises in its cat-like eyes. Photograph: William White/CSIRO

Off the north-western coast of Australia, near the remote coral atolls of Rowley Shoals, ghost catsharks are slinking through the dim water and searching for bushy colonies of corals growing between 400 and 500 metres (1,300-1,600ft) down.

This is where the elusive sharks lay their egg cases and leave them hanging like Christmas tree ornaments.

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