Silver chimaera

Silver chimaera
Silver chimaera
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Species: C. phantasma
Binomial name
Chimaera phantasma
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900
Synonyms

Chimaera pseudomonstrosa Fang & Wang, 1932

The silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma) is a species of fish in the Chimaeridae family. It is found in Australia, China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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