Dark ghostshark

The dark ghostshark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae) is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand.^[1] In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the dark ghostshark as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[2]

Dark ghostshark
1921 illustration by Louis Thomas Griffin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	Chimaeriformes
Family:	Chimaeridae
Genus:	Hydrolagus
Species:	H. novaezealandiae
Binomial name
Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911)

A beached specimen of Hydrolagus novaezealandiae found in Marlborough

References

1. Torres, Armi G.; Froese, Rainer. "Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) Dark ghost shark". Fishbase. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
2. Duffy, Clinton A. J.; Francis, Malcolm; Dunn, M. R.; Finucci, Brit; Ford, Richard; Hitchmough, Rod; Rolfe, Jeremy (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 10. ISBN 9781988514628. OCLC 1042901090.

Finucci, B. & Kyne, P.M. 2018. Hydrolagus novaezealandiae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T41827A116737304. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41827A116737304.en. Accessed on 18 March 2022.