Small-eyed rabbitfish

Small-eyed rabbitfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:Chimaeriformes
Family:Chimaeridae
Genus:Hydrolagus
Species: H. affinis
Binomial name
Hydrolagus affinis
(de Brito Capello, 1868)

The small-eyed rabbitfish (Hydrolagus affinis) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family.[2] It has very wide distribution almost everywhere in northern Atlantic at depths from 300 to 2,410 m, being most common below 1,000 m.[3] Its total length ranges from 32 to 147 cm. It has a short nose with a blunt tip. The small mouth is located on the lower part of the head and has thick lips. Its back slopes gradually and ends to a fine tail.

References

  1. Dagit, D.D. & Clarke, M.W. (2007). "Hydrolagus affinis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63123A12616352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63123A12616352.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Hydrolagus affinis" in FishBase. November 2008 version.
  3. http://www.gma.org/fogm/hydrolagus_affinis.htm
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