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Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008

Black ghostshark
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, west of Point Hibbs, Tasmania, CSIRO H 2291-01 (holotype of Hydrolagus homonycteris, 108.5 cm TL, adult male). Continental slope and seamounts off SE Australia (southern NSW to Victoria, including Tasmania) (Ref. 76967). Also Ref. 89422.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Didier, D.A., 2008
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Holocephali (helhuvudsfiskar) (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Etymology: Hydrolagus: hydro-, combining form of hydor (Gr.), water; lagos (Gr.), hare, i.e., “water rabbit,” probably referring to three pairs of tooth plates, which tend to protrude from the mouth like a rabbit’s incisors. (See ETYFish);  homonycteris: homo-, from hominis (L.), man; nykteris (Gr.), bat, referring to Thomas A. Griffiths, bat systematist known as “bat man,” who introduced Didier to chimaeroid fishes. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina djupbottenlevande; djupintervall 866 - 1447 m (Ref. 76967).   Deep-water

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Southern Ocean: Australia and New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 85 - ? cm
Max length : 109 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 76967)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

This chimaeroid fish has a ventral caudal fin that that is not indented at its origin to form a separate anal fin, it is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: color of the body an even dark black or blackish-brown; its dorsal fin spine is longer than height of first dorsal fin; pelvic fins is distinctly round in shape; males with pelvic claspers that are dark at the base with pale tips, divided for the distal 1/3 of their length (Ref. 76967).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduktion | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larver

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Didier, D.A., 2008. Two new species of the genus Hydrolagus Gill (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) from Australia. In Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds.): Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper no. 22. (Ref. 76967)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 February 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.2 - 5.7, mean 4.6 (based on 177 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00275 (0.00138 - 0.00549), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mycket låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mer än 14 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (65 of 100).