Bight ghostshark

Bight ghostshark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species: H. lemures
Binomial name
Hydrolagus lemures
(Whitley, 1939)

The bight ghostshark or blackfin ghostshark (Hydrolagus lemures) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is open seas.[1]

References

  1. Dagit, D.D. & Kyne, P.M. 2005. Hydrolagus lemures. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
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