Dark ghostshark

Dark ghostshark
1921 illustration by Louis Thomas Griffin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species:
H. novaezealandiae
Binomial name
Hydrolagus novaezealandiae
(Fowler, 1911)
A beached specimen of Hydrolagus novaezealandiae found in Marlborough

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.[1] In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the dark ghostshark as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[2]

  1. ^ Torres, Armi G.; Froese, Rainer. "Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) Dark ghost shark". Fishbase. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 10. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.