Animalia > Chordata > Holocephali > Chimaeriformes > Chimaeridae > Hydrolagus > Hydrolagus mitsukurii

Hydrolagus mitsukurii (Ghost shark; Ratfish; Spookfish)

Synonyms: Chimaera mitsukurii; Psychichthys mitsukurii
Language: Japanese; Korean; Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Hydrolagus mitsukurii is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family found in China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Indonesia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is one of several species commonly called "spookfish".
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Spinoplagioporus minutus[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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