Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Holocephali > Order Chimaeriformes > Family Chimaeridae > Genus Hydrolagus

Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hydrolagus*	Gill, 1862	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pale ghost shark sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Kurznasenchimäre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: blyškioji chimera

Literature

original description	Hardy, G. S.; Stehmann, M. F. W. (1990). A new deep-water ghost shark, Hydrolagus pallidus n. sp. (Holocephali, Chimaeridae), from the eastern North Atlantic, and redescription of Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1867). Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft. 40 (3): 229-248.
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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Hydrolagus pallidus, by Wirtz, P.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105827