Hydrolagus

Hydrolagus is a genus of fish in the family Chimaeridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.thumb|Deep-sea chimaera photographed by the NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (R 337)|NOAAS Okeanos Explorer. Visible on its snout are tiny pores which lead to [[electroreceptor cells.]]

==Species== The 22 recognized species in this genus are: Hydrolagus affinis (Brito Capello (pt), 1868) (small-eyed rabbitfish) Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922) (African chimaera) Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 (gulf chimaera) Hydrolagus alphus Quaranta, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 (whitespot ghost shark) Hydrolagus barbouri (Garman, 1908) (ninespot chimaera) Hydrolagus bemisi Didier, 2002 (pale ghostshark) Hydrolagus colliei (G. T. Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (spotted ratfish) Hydrolagus eidolon D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925 (Niji Chimaera) Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert & Kemper, 2017 (Robin's ghostshark) Hydrolagus homonycteris Didier, 2008 (black ghostshark) Hydrolagus lusitanicus T. Moura, I. M. R. Figueiredo, Bordalo-Machado, A. C. Almeida & Serrano-Gordo, 2005 (Portuguese chimaera) Hydrolagus macrophthalmus F. de Buen, 1959 (bigeye chimaera) Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008 (marbled ghost shark) Hydrolagus matallanasi Soto & Vooren, 2004 (striped rabbitfish) Hydrolagus mccoskeri L. A. K. Barnett, Didier, Long & Ebert, 2006 (Galápagos ghostshark) Hydrolagus melanophasma K. C. James, Ebert, Long & Didier, 2009 (Eastern Pacific black ghostshark) Hydrolagus mirabilis (Collett, 1904) (large-eyed rabbitfish) Hydrolagus mitsukurii (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904) (Mitsukuri's chimaera) Hydrolagus novaezealandiae (Fowler, 1911) (dark ghostshark) Hydrolagus pallidus Hardy & Stehmann, 1990 (pale chimaera) Hydrolagus purpurescens (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (purple chimaera) Hydrolagus trolli Didier & Séret (fr), 2002 (abyssal ghostshark) Fossil remains of the genus are known from the Miocene and Pliocene of California.