Hydrolagus melanophasma
The Eastern Pacific black ghostshark (Hydrolagus melanophasma, literally a combination of "water rabbit" and "black ghost") is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae.[2] Despite its name, it does not belong to the clade Selachii used for the modern classification of sharks. It is, however, distantly related to the sharks in the sense that both are Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes).
| Hydrolagus melanophasma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Hydrolagus |
| Species: | H. melanophasma |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrolagus melanophasma (James, K.C., D.A. Ebert, D.J. Long and D.A. Didier, 2009) | |
References
- James, K.C. & Ebert, D.A. 2011. Hydrolagus melanophasma. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2014.
- Carlos Bustamante, Hernán Flores, Yhon Concha-Pérez, Carolina Vargas-Caro, Julio Lamilla & Mike Bennett: First record of Hydrolagus melanophasma James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009 (Chondrichthyes, Chimaeriformes, Holocephali) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res. vol.40 no.1 Valparaíso Mar. 2012
External links
- Greg Laden: The Eastern Pacific Black Ghost Shark on smithsonian.com, 2009-9-28 (contains a short video of the fish)
- Christine Dell'Amore: Weird New Ghostshark Found; Male Has Sex Organ on Head. National Geographic News, 2009-9-22
- http://www.fishbase.se/summary/Hydrolagus-melanophasma.html
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