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GBIF·5215464speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classHolocephali
  4. ›orderChimaeriformes
  5. ›familyChimaeridae
  6. ›genusHydrolagus
Hydrolagus pallidus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Pale Chimaera

Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990

Also calledChimère pâle (fra) · Gránefur (isl) · Kurznasen-Seekatze (deu) · Kurznasenchimäre (deu) · Quimera-pálida (por) · bleda morska podgana (slv) · blyškioji chimera (lit) · chiméra bledá (ces) · haamusillikuningas (fin)

First described in: Hardy, G. S.; Stehmann, M. F. W. (1990). A new deep-water ghost shark, Hydrolagus pallidus n. sp. (Holocephali, Chimaeridae), from the eastern North Atlantic, and redescription of Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1867). <em>Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft.</em> 40 (3): 229-248.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5215464.