Hydrolagus mitsukurii
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Chimaeridae |
Genus: | Hydrolagus |
Species: | H. mitsukurii
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Binomial name | |
Hydrolagus mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
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Synonyms | |
Hydrolagus deani Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
Hydrolagus mitsukurii is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found in China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Indonesia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is one of several species commonly called "spookfish".
References
[edit]- ^ Finucci, B.; Tanaka, S.; Semba, Y.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Hydrolagus mitsukurii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60194A124450319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60194A124450319.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.