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Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Seret 2002

Description

Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret, 2002.

Pointy-nosed Blue Chimaera or Abyssal Ghostshark. 120.4 cm (47.4 in) TL (Didier and Seret 2002). Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Hawai’i; individuals identified as this species were observed with an ROV off central and southern California (Lundsten et al. 2009, Reichert et al. 2016). Depth: 612–2,064 m (2,007 –6,770 ft) (min.: Didier and Séret 2002; max. Jacobsen Stout et al. 2016). Regarding California fish, “Our specimens cannot yet be confirmed as Hydrolagus trolli until morphometric data and/or DNA samples from preserved specimens have been collected and analyzed” (Reichert et al. 2016).

Notes

Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

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References

  • Didier, D. A. & Seret, B. (2002) Chimaeroid fishes of New Caledonia with description of a new species of Hydrolagus (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali). Cybium, 26, 225 - 233.
  • Lundsten, L., McClain, C. R., Berry, J. P., Cailliet, G. M., Clague, D. A. & DeVogelaere, A. P. (2009) Ichthyofauna on three seamounts off southern and central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 389, 223 - 232. https: // doi. org / 10.3354 / meps 08181
  • Reichert, A. N., Lundsten, L. & Ebert, D. A. (2016) First North Pacific records of the pointy nosed blue chimaera, Hydrolagus cf. trolli (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae). Marine Biodiversity Records, 9, 90. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 41200 - 016 - 0095 - 5
  • Jacobsen Stout, N., Kuhnz, L., Lundsten, L., Schlining, B., Schlining, K. & von Thun, S. (Eds.). (2016) T he Deep-Sea Guide (DSG). Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. http: // dsg. mbari. org. Accessed 30 September 2016.