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]
Purple chimaera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Chimaeridae |
Genus: | Hydrolagus |
Species: | H. purpurescens
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Binomial name | |
Hydrolagus purpurescens (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)
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References
edit- ^ 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. Retrieved 18 November 2021.