Scientists have discovered a new species of ghost shark that lives in deep ocean waters near Australia and New Zealand.

Dr Finucci and other researchers from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) found the creature in an area of ocean floor known as Chatham Rise, which lies to the east of New Zealand. Ghost sharks typically live at depths of up to 2,600m (1.6 miles).

Called the Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish, the cryptic species lives deep in the ocean off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia