Gulf chimaera

Gulf chimaera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species:
H. alberti
Binomial name
Hydrolagus alberti

The gulf chimaera (Hydrolagus alberti) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Mexico, the United States, and possibly Suriname. Its natural habitat is open seas.[2]

References

  1. ^ Finucci, B.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Simpson, N.J.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Hydrolagus alberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60189A3091090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60189A3091090.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. Retrieved 12 July 2021.


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