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Chimaeridae
ratfish
Hydrolagus colliei
Leathery egg cases are mistaken for debris
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Largeratfish is a marine fish of Northeastern Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 100 cm.
- Class
- Chimaeras
- Order
- Chimaeras
- Family
- Chimaeridae
- Genus
- Hydrolagus
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Northeastern Pacific: west coast of North America from southwestern Alaska to Baja California, Mexico, including the Gulf of California, and Costa Rica.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
