Hydrolagus
| Hydrolagus | |
|---|---|
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| Hydrolagus colliei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Hydrolagus T. N. Gill, 1862 |
Hydrolagus is a genus of fish in the family Chimaeridae.
Species
There are currently 25 recognized species in this genus:
- Hydrolagus affinis (Brito Capello, 1868) (Small-eyed rabbitfish)
- Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (African chimaera) [1]
- Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 (Gulf chimaera)
- Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 (Whitespot ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus barbouri (Garman, 1908) (Ninespot chimaera)
- Hydrolagus bemisi Didier, 2002 (Pale ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus colliei (G. T. Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (Spotted ratfish)
- Hydrolagus deani (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (Philippine chimaera)
- Hydrolagus eidolon (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)
- Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008 (Black ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus lemures (Whitley, 1939) (Bight ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus lusitanicus T. Moura, I. M. R. Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, C. Almeida & Gordo, 2005 (Portuguese rabbitfish)
- Hydrolagus macrophthalmus F. de Buen, 1959 (Bigeye chimaera)
- Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008 (Marbled ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren, 2004 (Striped rabbitfish)
- Hydrolagus mccoskeri L. A. K. Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 (Galápagos ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus melanophasma K. C. James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009 (Eastern Pacific black ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus mirabilis (Collett, 1904) (Large-eyed rabbitfish)
- Hydrolagus mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904) (Spookfish)
- Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) (Dark ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus ogilbyi (Waite, 1898) (Ogilby's ghostshark)
- Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990 (Pale chimaera)
- Hydrolagus purpurescens (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (Purple chimaera)
- Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret, 2002 (Pointy-nosed blue chimaera)
- Hydrolagus waitei Fowler, 1907
References
- ↑ Walovich, K.A., Ebert, D.A., Long, D.J. & Didier, D.A. (2015): Redescription of Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), with a review of southern African chimaeroids and a key to their identification. African Journal of Marine Science, 37 (2): 157-165.
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