Ghost Shark - Chimaera monstrosa

[MXGratefulDiver]

The video is taken outside Bergen, Norway. Here is a deep fjord (300 - 400 meters) and they come up in shallow wather in the wintertime to eat.

The more I learn about Norway diving, the more I think it's like where I dive ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[ameneon]

They are mislabelled ghost shark by alot of divers, especially in Norway and Scotland. Probably because it sounds cooler. Same family though. In English they are called rabitt fish and rat fish. They can mainly be found in the eastern part of the Atlantic. From north-west Africa to Norway.

Too bad or I could have bragged about being bumped by a shark the other day:
YouTube - Chimaera monstrosa / Rat fish / Havmus

Here is the Ghost shark (also called Elephant shark), not nearly as cool looking:

 

[mgjell]

I like the Norwegian name "havmus" better. That means oceanmouse in English.