Chimaera (genus)
Chimaera is the type genus of the cartilaginous fish family Chimaeridae.
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| Chimaera cubana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758 |
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16, see text | |
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
- Chimaera argiloba Last, W. T. White & Pogonoski, 2008 (Whitefin chimaera)
- Chimaera bahamaensis Kemper, Ebert, Didier & Compagno, 2010 (Bahamas ghost shark)
- Chimaera carophila Kemper, Ebert, Naylor & Didier, 2014 (Brown chimaera)[1]
- Chimaera cubana Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Cuban chimaera)
- 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 opalescens Luchetti, Iglésias & Sellos, 2011 (Opal chimaera)[2]
- Chimaera orientalis Angulo, M. I. Bussing, W. A. Bussing & Murase, 2014 (Eastern Pacific black chimaera)[3]
- Chimaera owstoni S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Owston's chimaera)
- Chimaera panthera Didier, 1998 (Leopard chimaera)
- Chimaera phantasma D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900 (Silver chimaera)
Fossil species
Chimaera zangerli has been described from tooth plates found on Seymour Island in the Antarctic.[4]
References
- Kemper, J.M.; Ebert, D.A.; Naylor, G.J.P. & Didier, D.A. (2014). "Chimaera carophila (Chondrichthyes: Chimaeriformes: Chimaeridae), a new species of chimaera from New Zealand". Bulletin of Marine Science. 91 (1): 63–81. doi:10.5343/bms.2014.1042.
- Luchetti, E.A.; Iglésias, S.P. & Sellos, D.Y. (2011). "Chimaera opalescens n. sp., a new chimaeroid (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology. 79 (2): 399–417. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03027.x. PMID 21781099.
- Angulo, A.; López, M.I.; Bussing, W.A. & Murase, A. (2014). "Records of chimaeroid fishes (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, with the description of a new species of Chimaera (Chimaeridae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean". Zootaxa. 3861 (6): 554–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3861.6.3. PMID 25283429.
- Stahl, Barbara J.; Chatterjee, Sankar (1999). "A Late Cretaceous Chimaerid (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from Seymour Island, Antarctica". Palaeontology. 42 (6): 979–989. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00105.
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