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Bigeye chimaera

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Bigeye chimaera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Hydrolagus
Species:
H. macrophthalmus
Binomial name
Hydrolagus macrophthalmus

The bigeye chimaera (Hydrolagus macrophthalmus) is a species of fish in the family Chimaeridae. It is found in Chile and possibly Ecuador. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is only known from the preabyssal zone off Valparaiso, and may occur as far south as Valdivia and as far north as the Galápagos Islands and Nicaragua and Guatemala, so may be more widespread, but species research is not abundant.

References

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  1. ^ Finucci, B. (2020). "Hydrolagus macrophthalmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60193A124450221. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60193A124450221.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.