Purple chimaera

Purple chimaera
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Holocephali
Order:	Chimaeriformes
Family:	Chimaeridae
Genus:	Hydrolagus
Species:	H. purpurescens
Binomial name
Hydrolagus purpurescens (C. H. Gilbert, 1905)

The purple chimaera or purple ghostshark (Hydrolagus purpurescens) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae found off Japan and Hawaii. Its natural habitat is open seas.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Kyne, P.M.; Ebert, D.A.; Semba, Y.; Tanaka, S. (2020). "Hydrolagus purpurescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T60196A124450651. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60196A124450651.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.