ADW: Hydrolagus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Holocephali
        
        Order Chimaeriformes
        
        Family Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
        
        Genus Hydrolagus
        
        Species Hydrolagus affinis (Atlantic chimaera)
        
        Species Hydrolagus africanus (African chimaera)
        
        Species Hydrolagus alberti
        
        Species Hydrolagus alphus
        
        Species Hydrolagus barbouri
        
        Species Hydrolagus bemisi (Pale ghost shark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus colliei (Angel fish)
        
        Species Hydrolagus deani (Philippine chimaera)
        
        Species Hydrolagus eidolon
        
        Species Hydrolagus homonycteris (Black ghostshark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus lemures (Bight ghostshark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus lusitanicus
        
        Species Hydrolagus macrophthalmus
        
        Species Hydrolagus marmoratus
        
        Species Hydrolagus matallanasi (Striped rabbitfish)
        
        Species Hydrolagus mccoskeri (Galápagos Ghost Shark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus melanophasma (Eastern Pacific Black Ghostshark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus mirabilis (Large-eyed rabbitfish)
        
        Species Hydrolagus mitsukurii (Ghost shark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Chimaera)
        
        Species Hydrolagus ogilbyi (Ghostshark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus pallidus (Ghost shark)
        
        Species Hydrolagus purpurescens (Purple chimaera)
        
        Species Hydrolagus trolli (Pointy-nosed blue chimaera)
        
        Species Hydrolagus waitei

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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