Hydrolagus


Hydrolagus is a genus of fish in the family Chimaeridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.File:Deep sea chimaera.jpg|thumb|Deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer. Visible on its snout are tiny pores which lead to electroreceptor cells.

Species

The 22 recognized species in this genus are:
  • Hydrolagus affinis
  • Hydrolagus africanus
  • Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951
  • Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006
  • Hydrolagus barbouri
  • Hydrolagus bemisi Didier, 2002
  • Hydrolagus colliei
  • Hydrolagus eidolon D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925
  • Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert & Kemper, 2017
  • Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008
  • Hydrolagus lusitanicus T. Moura, I. M. R. Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, A. C. Almeida & Serrano-Gordo, 2005
  • Hydrolagus macrophthalmus F. de Buen, 1959
  • Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008
  • Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren, 2004
  • Hydrolagus mccoskeri L. A. K. Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006
  • Hydrolagus melanophasma K. C. James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009
  • Hydrolagus mirabilis
  • Hydrolagus mitsukurii
  • Hydrolagus novaezealandiae
  • Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990
  • Hydrolagus purpurescens
  • Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret, 2002
Fossil remains of the genus are known from the Miocene and Pliocene of California.