Paddlenose chimaera

Taxobox
name = Paddlenose chimaera


status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
ordo = Chimaeriformes
familia = Rhinochimaeridae
genus = "Rhinochimaera"
species = "R. africana"
binomial = "Rhinochimaera africana"
binomial_authority = Compagno, Stehmann & Ebert, 1990
synonyms = The paddlenose chimaera or paddlenose spookfish ("Rhinochimaera africana") is a species of fish in the Rhinochimaeridae family. It is found in China, Japan, Mozambique, South Africa, and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Dagit, D.D. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60144/all Rhinochimaera africana] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 03 August 2007.