Ninespot chimaera
| Ninespot chimaera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Hydrolagus |
| Species: | H. barbouri
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrolagus barbouri (Garman, 1908)
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| Synonyms | |
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Chimaera barbouri Garman, 1908 | |
The ninespot chimaera (Hydrolagus barbouri) is a species of chimaera endemic to the waters off Japan and the South China Sea in the Northwest Pacific. Its natural habitat is open seas and its depth range is 100–1,100 m (330–3,610 ft).[1] It can reach a maximum size of 60.0 cm (23.6 in) TL. Carnivorous in nature and with oviparous reproduction, its eggs are encased in horny shells.[2]
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN2010.1
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Hydrolagus barbouri" in FishBase. January 2017 version.
External links
Media related to Hydrolagus barbouri at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Hydrolagus barbouri at Wikispecies
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