The Internet has been filled with news in the past of odd looking sea creatures discovered in various water forms. Now, another odd looking fish was seen in Canada's Hudson Strait that comes with a cone-shaped snout and a whip-like tail.

According to GrindTV, its identity was unraveled to be a long-nosed chimera and captured by Nunavut fishermen. Such fish species are believed to exist in a variety of oceans all around the globe, but it lives about 6,000 deep underwater, hence making its encounters with humans very rare. An Ocean Tracking Network researcher added that this is just the second time that such a chimaera was discovered in the region. The researcher, named as Nigel Hussey, is also the one who solved the mystery behind the initially unfamiliar fish.

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Huffington Post reported that there are some who thought the mystery fish was a goblin shark. Mr Hussey, who is also a post-doctoral colleague from the University of Windsor, insisted that it belongs to a family of fish that has cartilage skeletons and lived for more than three centuries ago.

It first went viral on Nov 10 on the Facebook page of CBC North. Mr Hussey added that if only humans will fish deeper about 1,000 and 2,000 metres more, then the researcher is pretty sure more of this species can be found.

Mr Hussey claimed that he knew instantly what the fish was just by looking at the viral photo of it. It is a member of the Rhinochimaeridae family which comes from the Greek term which means "monster" and "nose." The huge proboscis that comes with a paddle shape is filled with many nerve endings that they use for sensing to hunt for food, especially the smaller kinds of fish.

Not many knew though that the Chimaera comes with a spine filled with poison located on its dorsal fin in front. They can also grow up to 4.5 feet long.

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