WoRMS taxon details
Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905)
271417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271417)
accepted
Species
Chimaera gilberti Garman, 1911 · unaccepted
Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271417 on 2025-10-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905) Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101. [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
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Purple ratfishPurple chimaera | [details] |
| Japanese | ムラサキギンザメ | [details] |
| Russian | Гавайский гидролаг | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chimaera gilberti Garman, 1911)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus purpurescens)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera gilberti Garman, 1911)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chimaera gilberti Garman, 1911)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus purpurescens)
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera purpurescens Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera gilberti Garman, 1911)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
