3.5K views · 76 reactions | Meet the Chimaera, a ghostly inhabitant...

Chimaera, at roughly 50 centimeters (20 inches), was seen during NOAA's 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration. Although the lines and dots on its face give it a bit of a “stitched together” appearance, they actually serve important purposes. The lateral lines running across this chimaera are mechano-receptors that detect pressure waves (just like ears). The dotted-looking lines on the frontal portion of the face (near the mouth) are "ampullae de lorenzini" and they detect perturbations in