Chimaera (genus)

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)

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