Chimaera: Hydrolagus affinis
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Description: Drawing and description of this curiously shaped fish and details of its range.
Figure 35.—Chimaera ( inches long, Banquereau Bank. From Bigelow and Schroeder. Drawing by E. N. Fischer. This species of chimaeroid, the only one known from within the geographic limits of the Gulf, is deepest (one-sixth to one-seventh as deep as long) just behind the gills, tapers gradually backward to a weak slender tail, and is very soft-bodied. The head is short, its dorsal profile oblique, the snout conical with a blunt tip. The forehead of the male bears a curious cartilaginous hook, armed with recurved prickles on its lower surface, which probably serves to clasp the female. The mouth, on the lower side of the head, is small, with thick fleshy lips; the upper jaw is armed with 4 flat plates in place of teeth,
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Date | Creation Date: 1995-07-03T04:00:00Z Expiry Date: 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z |