Deep-water chimera. Hydrolagus affinis, the Smalleyed rabbitfish
Description
a deep-water chimera. The species is Hydrolagus affinis, the Smalleyed rabbitfish. This is a reasonably common deep-water species that lives in the Northern Atlantic at depths of 300-3000m. It is in the same class as the sharks. It was described in 1868. Unfortunately for this fish it has a high infection rate from various parasites (nine have been recorded). The most visible is a copepod (crustacean) parasite, Lernaeopodina longibrachia, that attaches to the cornea. This parasite infects around 80% of individuals.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Deep-water chimera. Hydrolagus affinis, the Smalleyed rabbitfish |
| Creator(s): | Jones, Daniel |
| Identification: | Jones, Daniel |
| Date: | 21 October 2011 |
| Time: | 05:33 |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Holocephali > Order Chimaeriformes > Family Chimaeridae |
| Species: | Hydrolagus affinis |
| Behaviour: | swimming |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Atlantic |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 2300 |
| Latitude: | 47 deg 45' 40" N |
| Longitude: | 12 deg 13' 46" W |
| Northing: | 5294803 |
| Easting: | 257980 |
| UTM Zone: | 29 |
| Countries: | France |
| Habitat: | soft sediment |
| Project Partners: | Subsea7 |
| Keywords: | chimera, rabbitfish |
| Deposited By: | Dr Daniel Jones |
| Deposited On: | 09 November 2011 |
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