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Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911)

Dark ghost shark
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Chimaera, Dark ghost shark, Ghost shark
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart, 2009
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from North Cape to the Campbell Plateau, Chatham Rise and Bounty Plateau (Ref. 89422). Fairly common off central and southern New Zealand but not Campbell Plateau (Ref. 9258). Recorded in the trawl survey in Chathams Island (Ref. 45493) and off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Recorded as scarce in the Northeastern and Eastern Chatham Rise (Ref. 87166). Taken as a bycatch (Ref. 9258). Sometimes marketed as pearl fillets (Ref. 9258). Exported to Japan. Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Also Ref. 107024.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Ghost shark, Nyazeeländsk Havsmus, Spøgelseshaj, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Holocephali (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Etymology: Hydrolagus: hydro-, combining form of hydor (Gr.), water; lagos (Gr.), hare, i.e., “water rabbit,” probably referring to three pairs of tooth plates, which tend to protrude from the mouth like a rabbit’s incisors. (See ETYFish);  novaezealandiae: novus (L.), new, i.e., of New Zealand, in whose waters it occurs. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Fowler.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 25 - 950 m (Ref. 26346), usually 100 - 600 m (Ref. 89422).   Deep-water; 34°S - 47°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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