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GBIF·5215459speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classHolocephali
  4. ›orderChimaeriformes
  5. ›familyChimaeridae
  6. ›genusHydrolagus
Hydrolagus homonycteris
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Black Ghostshark

Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008

Also calledQuimera Negra (spa) · Quimera-crepuscular (por)

First described in: Didier, D.A. (2008). Two new species of the genus Hydrolagus Gill (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) from Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5215459.