Chimaeras/Spotted Ratfish

shot on Night dive at Edmond underwater park,  Nauticam 1dx +  28-70mm( WACP1)

Spotted ratfish/Chimera  is one of my favorite fish, they are generally a deep water fish hanging out around 500-3000 feet, but on some west coast of US and part of europe they come up to the shallow depth , which is quite a rare treat.

 spotted ratfish by Joe Hua, on Flickr

ratfish1-1 by Joe Hua, on Flickr

That is really cool - great shot!  

My first dives were at Edmonds, a very long time ago.  But 30 years in the tropics have spoiled me.  This might tempt me back. 

Here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCsa-YLTQVQ 

On 8/19/2020 at 3:03 PM, troporobo said:

That is really cool - great shot!  

My first dives were at Edmonds, a very long time ago.  But 30 years in the tropics have spoiled me.  This might tempt me back. 

thank you troprorobo ! 

Very interesting the video link posted by Kraken adds to the mystic of this unusual fish.