The deep sea Chimaera fish, also called the Longnosed Chimaera has a long nose. It lives in temperate waters around the world on depths of 200 to even more than 2000 meters. It also has a long dorsal spine that contains a light toxic substance (see pictures). The Longnosed Chimaera belongs to the order of Chimaeriformes, there are 6 species of Chimaera Fishes that live in various oceans around the world. The name "Chimaera" comes from the Greek word Chimaera which means monster.

The fish that you see here isn't a longnosed chimaera, but another chimaera specie.

The Chimaera Fish is often spotted at depths of 700 meters and deeper, but it's said that these creatures could even go to depths of 4000 meters! They mainly live in the waters of Australia and can reach a size of 130 cm in length. The males are smaller then the females and the reproduction happens ovoviviparous, in other words, the eggs hatch in the body of the mother and emerge as little Chimaera fishes after an unknown period of time. Their feeding habits would propably exist out of deep sea fishes and squids that they find at great depths, which is their natural habitat.