Dark ghostshark

The dark ghostshark (Hydrolagus novaezealandiae) is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand.

[1] In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the dark ghostshark as "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T41827A116737304.

Accessed on 18 March 2022.

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A beached specimen of Hydrolagus novaezealandiae found in Marlborough