- Carpenter's chimaera
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Carpenter's chimaera Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Order: Chimaeriformes Family: Chimaeridae Genus: Chimaera Species: C. lignaria Binomial name Chimaera lignaria
Didier, 2002Carpenter's chimaera, giant chimaera, or giant purple chimaera (Chimaera lignaria Didier, 2002[1]) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Dagit, D.D. 2005. Chimaera lignaria. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 August 2007.
Reference
- ^ Didier, D. A. 2002. Two new species of chimaeroid fishes from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Holocephali, Chimaeridae). Ichthyological Research 49(4): 299-306.
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