Pale ghost shark

Pale ghost shark
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species: H. bemisi
Binomial name
Hydrolagus bemisi
Didier, 2002

The pale ghost shark, Hydrolagus bemisi, is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae. Its length is up to one metre.

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