- Chimaera (genus)
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Chimaera Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Chimaeriformes Family: Chimaeridae Genus: Chimaera
Linnaeus, 1758Species 13+, see text.
Chimaera is the type genus of the cartilaginous fish family Chimaeridae. It contains the following thirteen species with more likely to be discovered:
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- Chimaera argiloba Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Whitefin chimaera)
- Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 (Bahamas ghost shark)
- Chimaera cubana Howell-Rivero, 1936
- Chimaera fulva Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Southern Chimaera)
- Chimaera jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Jordan's Chimaera)
- Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002 (Carpenter's chimaera)
- Chimaera macrospina Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Longspine Chimaera)
- Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Rabbit fish)
- Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno & Didier, 2010 Cape Chimaera
- Chimaera obscura Didier, Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Shortspine Chimaera)
- Chimaera owstoni S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Owston's Chimaera)
- Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998 (Leopard Chimaera)
- Chimaera 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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