Animalia > Chordata > Holocephali > Chimaeriformes > Chimaeridae > Hydrolagus > Hydrolagus affinis

Hydrolagus affinis (Smalleyed rabbitfish fish; Smalleyed rabbitfish; Deep-water chimaera; Deepwater chimaera; Atlantic chimaera)

Synonyms: Chimaera abbreviata; Chimaera affinis; Chimaera plumbea; Psychichthys affinis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The small-eyed rabbitfish (Hydrolagus affinis) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It has very wide distribution almost everywhere in northern Atlantic at depths from 300 to 2,410 m, being most common below 1,000 m. Its total length ranges from 32 to 147 cm. It has a short nose with a blunt tip. The small mouth is located on the lower part of the head and has thick lips. Its back slopes gradually and ends to a fine tail.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gonocerca phycidis[1]
Lernaeopodina longibrachia[2]
Pseudanisakis tricupola[1]

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Citations

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 2Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0