Chimaera (genus)
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| Chimaera | |
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| Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species | |
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13+, see text | |
Chimaera is the type genus of the cartilaginous fish family Chimaeridae. It contains these 13 species, with more likely to be discovered:
- C. argiloba Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 whitefin chimaera
- C. bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 Bahamas ghostshark
- C. cubana Howell-Rivero, 1936 Cuban chimaera
- C. fulva Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 southern chimaera
- C. jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905 Jordan's chimaera
- C. lignaria Didier, 2002 Carpenter's chimaera
- C. macrospina Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 longspine chimaera
- C. monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 rabbit fish
- C. notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 Cape chimaera
- C. obscura Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 shortspine chimaera
- C. owstoni S. Tanaka (I), 1905 Owston's chimaera
- C. panthera Didier, 1998 leopard chimaera
- C. phantasma D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 silver chimaera
References
- http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/deepchondreport.pdf
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Chimaera in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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