Biology:Purple chimaera

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Short description: Species of fish

Purple chimaera
Hydrolagus purpurescens.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species:
H. purpurescens
Binomial name
Hydrolagus purpurescens
(C. H. Gilbert, 1905)

The purple chimaera or purple ghostshark (Hydrolagus purpurescens) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found off Japan and Hawaii. Its natural habitat is open seas.[citation needed]

References

  1. Kyne, P.M.; Ebert, D.A.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S. (2020). "Hydrolagus purpurescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T60196A124450651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60196A124450651.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60196/124450651. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1383754 entry