Scientific Name	Rhinochimaera pacifica   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Mitsukuri, 1895)	Depth	300 - 1140M
Chinese	太平洋長吻銀鮫	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	長吻銀鮫科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F006　Rhinochimaeridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	太平洋長吻銀鮫
Max Length	120 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	黑翅沙、鼠魚、兔魚、鬼鯊、幽靈鯊
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Tokyo fish market, originally from Kurihama, near Misaki, Sagami Sea, Japan
Synonyms	Harriotta pacifica
Reference	Shao & Hwang (1997)  Mitsukuri, K. 1895 Kobayashi, K. etc. 1967 Inada, T. etc. 1979 Inada, T. etc. 1979 Shao, Kwang-Tsao etc. 1997
Specimen List	ASIZP0060146. ASIZP0061266. ASIZP0065508. ASIZP0070656. ASIZP0075211. ASIZP0806688. ASIZP0916688.
Common Name	Pacific spookfish; Deep-sea Pacific knife-nose chimaera; Deep-sea chimaera; Longnosed chimaera; Narrownose chimaera
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongated; head narrow; eye small, diameter 2-3 in distance between eye and dorsal spine; mouth directed anteroventrally. The snout is extremely long, flexible, and conical near base; often more depressed near apex, not upturned; ventral mucous canals not diverging abruptly halfway along the snout. Tooth plates are smooth and sharp-edges. First dorsal fin is much taller than second dorsal fin; dorsal spine is moderatelt elongated, almost straight, its tip short of second dorsal fin. The second dorsal-fin base is more than twice length of pelvic fin. The upper lobe of caudal fin is with a row of fleshy tubercles along the fin margin in adults (more pronounced in mature males); the base is shorter than the base of lower lobe, and the caudal filament mostly short. The pectoral-fin apex is rather angular. No anal fin is found. The prepelvic clasper is with dense spines over anterior surface. The upper surface is pale brown in colour, grayish brown on abdomen and around gill cover; snout and area around mouth are mostly white; teeth are black; eyes are black with silvery overtones; fins are bluish grey.
habitats	Attaining more than 120 cm (without caudal filament) and maturing at almost 100 cm.
Distribution	Irregularly distributed in the Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans; from the Japanese Archipelago, Taiwan to South China Sea, and off Australasia and Peru.
Utility	Usually taken with longline fisheries in northeastern Taiwan waters. Utilized fresh for human consumption.