Galápagos Ghost Shark

Hydrolagus with head small with short, blunt snout; second dorsal fin only slightly indented along its length; preopercular and oral lateral line canals branching from the same node off the infraorbital canal and sharing a short common branch; dorsum medium brown with numerous narrow, sharply delineated irregular circular and elongate white blotches; ventrum white to tan with extremely fine brown mottling.

Individuals were found alone or in groups along steep slopes, within a few meters of the seafloor. Habitat was composed of igneous boulders, cobbles, and pebbles.