WoRMS taxon details
Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
271406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271406)
accepted
Species
Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839 · unaccepted
Chimaera media Garman, 1911 · unaccepted
Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888 · unaccepted
Hydrolagus media (Garman, 1911) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hydrolagus colliei (Lay & Bennett, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271406 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839) Lay, G. T. ; Bennett, E. T. (1839). Fishes. <em>In: F.W. Beechey (ed.) The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage, comp. from the collections ... to the Pacific and Behring's Straits... in 1825-28. H. G. Bohn, London.</em> Pp. 41-75, Pls. 15-23. [details]
original description (of Chimaera media Garman, 1911) Garman, S. (1911). The Chismopnea (chimaeroids). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 40(3): 81-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4368328#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888) Ogilby, J.D. (1888). Catalogue of the fishes in the collection of the Australian Museum. Part I, Recent Palaeichthyan fishes. Sydney. 26 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/b.49467 [details]
original description (of Chimaera media Garman, 1911) Garman, S. (1911). The Chismopnea (chimaeroids). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 40(3): 81-101., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4368328#page/1/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888) Ogilby, J.D. (1888). Catalogue of the fishes in the collection of the Australian Museum. Part I, Recent Palaeichthyan fishes. Sydney. 26 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/b.49467 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted ratfishratfish | [details] |
| French | chimère d'Amériquechimère d’Amérique | [details] |
| Russian | Американский гидролаг | [details] |
| Spanish | quimera manchada | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chimaera media Garman, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus colliei)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Hydrolagus media (Garman, 1911))
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera media Garman, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (1733 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To GenBank (1733 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hydrolagus colliei P13438 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chimaera media Garman, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus colliei)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To FishBase (from synonym Hydrolagus media (Garman, 1911))
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera media Garman, 1911)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera neglecta Ogilby, 1888)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (1733 nucleotides; 72 proteins)
To GenBank (1733 nucleotides; 72 proteins) (from synonym Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hydrolagus colliei P13438 illustration)
To ITIS
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