Gulf chimaera

Gulf chimaera

Taxobox
name = Gulf chimaera


status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Chimaeriformes
familia = Chimaeridae
genus = "Hydrolagus"
species = "H. alberti"
binomial = "Hydrolagus alberti"
binomial_authority = Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951
synonyms =
The gulf chimaera ("Hydrolagus alberti") is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It is found in Mexico, the United States, and possibly Suriname. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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* Dagit, D.D. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60189/all Hydrolagus alberti] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.


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