Paddlenose chimaera

Paddlenose chimaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Rhinochimaeridae
Genus: Rhinochimaera
Species: R. africana
Binomial name
Rhinochimaera africana
Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert, 1990

The paddlenose chimaera or paddlenose spookfish (Rhinochimaera africana) is a species of fish in the Rhinochimaeridae family found near China, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Sources

  1. Dagit, D.D. 2005. Rhinochimaera africana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007


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