Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Holocephali > Order Chimaeriformes > Family Chimaeridae > Genus Hydrolagus

Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hydrolagus*		accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: deepwater chimaera sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Atlantische Chimäre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: mažaakė chimera sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: атлантический (североатлантический) гидролаг sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: küçük gözlü deniz kedisi

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p.
additional source	Collette, B.B., and G. Klein-MacPhee (eds.). 2002. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 3rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. 748 p.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105825