Gal?pagos Ghost Shark (Hydrolagus mccoskeri)

Scientific name: Hydrolagus mccoskeri Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006

The Gal?pagos Ghost Shark (Hydrolagus mccoskeri) is a marine fish of the family Chimaeridae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, Galapagos Is.

Biology

Hydrolagus with head small with short, blunt snout; second dorsal fin only slightly indented along its length; preopercular and oral lateral line canals branching from the same node off the infraorbital canal and sharing a short common branch; dorsum medium brown with numerous narrow, sharply delineated irregular circular and elongate white blotches; ventrum white to tan with extremely fine brown mottling.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Hydrolagus mccoskeri
Family
Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Order
Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras)
Class
Holocephali (Chimaeras)
Maximum length
38.1
Depth range
396–506 m (1299–1660 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; non-migratory; depth range 396 - 506 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: Galapagos Is..
Conservation status (IUCN)
Data deficient (DD)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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