| Gulf chimaera | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Hydrolagus |
| Species: | H. alberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrolagus alberti Bigelow & Schroeder, 1951 | |
The gulf chimaera (Hydrolagus alberti) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Chimaeridae found near Mexico, the United States, and possibly Suriname. Its natural habitat is open seas.
References
- Finucci, B.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Simpson, N.J.; Lasso-Alcalá, O.; Kyne, P.M. (2020). "Hydrolagus alberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T60189A3091090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T60189A3091090.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- McEachran, J.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1998). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-292-75206-1. OCLC 38468784. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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