Animal Diversity Web

Hydrolagus lemures

Bight ghostshark

(Also: Blackfin ghostshark; Ghostshark; Ratfish; Spookfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Holocephali
        
        Order Chimaeriformes
        
        Family Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
        
        Genus Hydrolagus
        
        Species Hydrolagus lemures (Bight ghostshark)