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Chimaera ogilbyi Waite, 1898

Ogilbys ghostshark
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Common names: Bight ghostshark, Blackfin ghostshark, Ghostshark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Chimaera ogilbyi, off Sydney, New South Wales; Hydrolagus lemures, Great Australian Bight, off Eucla, Western Australia; and Hydrolagus waitei, Victoria (Ref. 125617). Recorded from off Queensland Plateau (ca. 17° S, 151° E) south to off New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, east to South Australia and Western Australia north to the Arafura Sea off the Northern Territory (ca. 10° S, 130° E) (Ref. 125617). Abundant in Tasmania where it is a by-catch of vessels fishing for Pterygotrigla polyommata and Nemadactylus macropterus (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 7300, 75154.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Blackfin ghostshark, Blackfin ghostshark, Sortfinnet havmus, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Holocephali (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Etymology: Chimaera: Named for the mythological creature composed of parts of multiple animals, referring to their odd mix of characteristics. (See ETYFish);  ogilbyi: In honor of Irish ichthyologist-herpetologist James Douglas Ogilby (1853‒1925), Australian Museum (Sydney), for his researches on Australian fishes. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Waite.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 120 - 872 m (Ref. 125617), usually 200 - 500 m (Ref. 125617).   Temperate; 30°S - 44°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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