Biology:Ninespot chimaera

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Short description: Species of cartilaginous fish

Ninespot chimaera
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species:
H. barbouri
Binomial name
Hydrolagus barbouri
(Garman, 1908)
Synonyms

Chimaera barbouri Garman, 1908
Chimaera spilota Tanaka, 1908[2]

The ninespot chimaera (Hydrolagus barbouri) is a species of chimaera endemic to the waters off Japan and the South China Sea in the Northwest Pacific. Its natural habitat is open seas and its depth range is 100–1,100 metres (330–3,610 ft).[1] It can reach a maximum total length of 60.0 centimetres (23.6 in). Carnivorous in nature and with oviparous reproduction, its eggs are encased in horny shells.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Finucci, B.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Hydrolagus barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T60190A124449755. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60190A124449755.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60190/124449755. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Hydrolagus barbouri" in FishBase. January 2017 version.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1945846 entry