Carpenter's chimaera

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Carpenter's chimaera
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: C. lignaria
Binomial name
Chimaera lignaria
Didier, 2002

Carpenter's chimaera, giant chimaera, or giant purple chimaera (Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002[1]) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family found in Australia and New Zealand. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

References

  1. Didier, D. A. 2002. Two new species of chimaeroid fishes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Holocephali, Chimaeridae). Ichthyological Research 49(4): 299-306.
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