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Hydrolagus macrophthalmus deBuen, 1959

Big eye chimaera
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, off Valparaíso (Ref. 33021). Also Ref. 97389.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pequeño, G., 1989
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Common names from other countries

Tšiili merijänes, 大目兔银鲛, 大目兔銀鮫, ... more

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);  macrophthalmus: macro-, from makros (Gr.), long; ophthalmos (Gr.), eye, referring to its large oval eyes. (See ETYFish).

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


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