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Hydrolagus mitsukurii
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hydrolagus mitsukurii is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found in China, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and possibly Indonesia. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is one of several species commonly called "spookfish".
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | Chimaeriformes |
Family: | Chimaeridae |
Genus: | Hydrolagus |
Species: | H. mitsukurii |
Binomial name | |
Hydrolagus mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904) | |
Synonyms | |
Hydrolagus deani Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 |
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