Chimaera (genus)

Chimaera
Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Chimaeriformes
Family:	Chimaeridae
Genus:	Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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:

• • 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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