Purple chimaera

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Purple chimaera
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species: H. purpurescens
Binomial name
Hydrolagus purpurescens
(Gilbert, 1905)

The purple chimaera or purple ghostshark (Hydrolagus purpurescens) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It is found in Japan and the United States. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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