Dark ghostshark

Dark ghostshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species: H. novaezealandiae
Binomial name
Hydrolagus novaezealandiae
(Fowler, 1911)

The dark ghostshark, Hydrolagus novaezealandiae, is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand.

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