CaRMS taxon details
Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868)
105825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105825)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) de Brito Capello, F. (1868). Descripção de dois peixes novos provenientes dos mares de Portugal. <em>Jornal do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa.</em> v. 1 (no. 4) (for Dec. 1867): 314-317, Pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16148112#page/350/mode/1up [details]
Distribution southeastern Grand Bank off Sable Island, offshore of Banquereau and La Have banks, and from southern Nova Scotia to Hudson...
Distribution southeastern Grand Bank off Sable Island, offshore of Banquereau and La Have banks, and from southern Nova Scotia to Hudson Canyon [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105825 on 2025-05-14
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105825 on 2025-05-14
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(of ) de Brito Capello, F. (1868). Descripção de dois peixes novos provenientes dos mares de Portugal. <em>Jornal do Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa.</em> v. 1 (no. 4) (for Dec. 1867): 314-317, Pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16148112#page/350/mode/1up [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
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]
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]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Small invertebrates and fishes [details]Distribution southeastern Grand Bank off Sable Island, offshore of Banquereau and La Have banks, and from southern Nova Scotia to Hudson Canyon [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat near bottom in coastal waters, depths to 640m [details]
Importance Social- Minor commercial, liver oil used as lubricant [details]
Reproduction Oviparous, internal fertilization [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | deepwater chimaera | [details] |
| German | Atlantische Chimäre | [details] |
| Lithuanian | mažaakė chimera | [details] |
| Russian | атлантический (североатлантический) гидролаг | [details] |
| Turkish | küçük gözlü deniz kedisi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus affinis)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hydrolagus affinis, Faeroe Is., by Mouritsen, R.)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hydrolagus affinis USNM 387795 radiograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hydrolagus affinis)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Hydrolagus affinis, Faeroe Is., by Mouritsen, R.)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Hydrolagus affinis USNM 387795 radiograph lateral view)
To PESI
To ITIS
