Hydrolagus purpurescens
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271417 on 2026-08-30
created: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
replaces: 298545
replaces: 298556
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Hydrolagus purpurescens (Gilbert, 1905)
class: Holocephali
family: Chimaeridae
genus: Hydrolagus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Garman, S. (1911). The Chismopnea (chimaeroids). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 40(3): 81-101.
name published in: Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission. v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101.
name published in year: 1911
name published in year: 1905
order: Chimaeriformes
parent name usage ID: 105734
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Gilbert, 1905)
specific epithet: purpurescens
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted