- Dark ghost shark
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Dark ghost shark Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Holocephali Order: Chimaeriformes Family: Chimaeridae Genus: Hydrolagus Species: H. novaezealandiae Binomial name Hydrolagus novaezealandiae
(Fowler, 1911)The dark ghost shark, Hydrolagus novaezealandiae, is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Hydrolagus novaezealandiae" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Categories:- Chimaeridae
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
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