WoRMS taxon details
Hydrolagus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
271414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271414)
accepted
Species
Chimaera mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1904 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904 · unaccepted > junior homonym (and junior synonym)
Psychichthys mitsukurii (Dean, 1904) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chimaera mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1904). On the species of white chimaera from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1356): 223-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.27-1356.223 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hydrolagus mitsukurii (Jordan & Snyder, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271414 on 2026-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904) Dean, B. (1904). Notes on Chimaera. Two Japanese species, C. phantasma Jordan and Snyder and C. mitsukurii n. s., and their egg cases. <em>Journal of the College of Science. Imperial University, Tokyo.</em> 19(3): 1-9, Pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7063330#page/115/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Chimaera mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1904). On the species of white chimaera from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1356): 223-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.27-1356.223 [details]
original description (of Chimaera mitsukurii Jordan & Snyder, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder, J. O. (1904). On the species of white chimaera from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1356): 223-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.27-1356.223 [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカギンザメ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus mitsukurii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus mitsukurii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chimaera mitsukurii Dean, 1904)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
