Hydrolagus mitsukurii

Hydrolagus mitsukurii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species: H. mitsukurii
Binomial name
Hydrolagus mitsukurii
(D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904)

Hydrolagus mitsukurii is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family found in China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Indonesia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is one of several species commonly called spookfish.

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