Ghostshark

Ogilby's ghostshark or whitefish is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family.

The Ghostshark lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 120 - 350 m environment.

The bight ghostshark or blackfin ghostshark (Hydrolagus lemures) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is open seas. References - * Dagit, D.D. More

"dead pickled fish" that the Eastern Pacific black ghostshark was recognized as its own new species, said study co-author Douglas Long, chief curator in natural sciences at the Oakland Museum of California. More

Weird New Ghostshark Found; Male Has Sex Organ on Head = ghostshark picture - new species Email to a Friend More Photos in the News What's This? SHARE Digg StumbleUpon Reddit RELATED More

'Freaky' Ghostshark Discovered with Sexual organ on its Head = Experts have discovered a new strange species of ghostshark.The bizarre looking creatures are a type of chimaera - an ancient group of fish distantly related to sharks. More

Weird New Ghostshark Found; Male Has Sex Organ on Head National Geographic 22 Sep 09; September 22, 2009—California has a new star, the Eastern Pacific black ghostshark. Photo from MBARI. More

'Freaky' Ghostshark discovered with sexual organ on its head = By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:12 AM on 23rd September 2009 * Comments (8) * Add to My Stories More

Ghostshark hasn't been tagged.edit / view 0 tags Family, Friends and Contacts (0) Ghostshark doesn't have any contacts. * New with... More

Bizarre new ghostshark with sex organ on forehead found by scientists = Washington, September 23 : Scientists have identified a bizarre new ghostshark, the male species of which has a club-like sex organ on its forehead. More

New species of ghostshark discovered off the coast of California - Posted On: September 22, 2009 - 1:10pm New species are not just discovered in exotic locales—even places as urban as California still yield discoveries of new plants and animals. More

Eastern Pacific black ghostshark (Hydrolagus melanophasma), was described in the international journal Zootaxa by a research team including California Academy of Sciences Research Associates David Ebert and Douglas J. Long. More

New species of ghostshark has sexual appendages on forehead = 22/09/2009 16:16:56whales/Marine/ghost_shark This is an Eastern Pacific black ghostshark (Hydrolagus melanophasma), a new species from California and Baja California. More

Common names

Ghostshark in English
Ogilbys ghostshark in English
Ogilbys spookfish in English
Ratfish in English
Spookfish in English
Waite's ghost shark in English
whitefish in English
奥氏兔银鲛 in Mandarin Chinese
奧氏兔銀鮫 in Mandarin Chinese
曾氏兔銀鮫 in Mandarin Chinese
曾氏兔银鲛 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Chimaeriformes
Family : Chimaeridae
Genus : Hydrolagus
Species : Hydrolagus ogilbyi
Authority : Waite, 1898