Chimaera (genus)

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Chimaera
Chimaera cubana.JPG
Chimaera cubana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Chimaeridae
Genus: Chimaera
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

16, see text

Chimaera is the type genus of the cartilaginous fish family Chimaeridae.

Species[]

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

  • Chimaera argiloba Last, W. T. White & , 2008 (Whitefin chimaera)
  • Chimaera bahamaensis , , & Compagno, 2010 (Bahamas ghost shark)
  • , , & , 2014 (Brown chimaera)[1]
  • Chimaera cubana Howell-Rivero, 1936 (Cuban chimaera)
  • Chimaera fulva , Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Southern chimaera)
  • Chimaera jordani S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Jordan's chimaera)
  • Chimaera lignaria , 2002 (Carpenter's chimaera)
  • Chimaera macrospina , Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Longspine chimaera)
  • Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Rabbit fish)
  • Chimaera notafricana , , Compagno & , 2010 (Cape chimaera)
  • Chimaera obscura , Last & W. T. White, 2008 (Shortspine chimaera)
  • Chimaera opalescens , & , 2011 (Opal chimaera)[2]
  • , , & , 2014 (Eastern Pacific black chimaera)[3]
  • Chimaera owstoni S. Tanaka (I), 1905 (Owston's chimaera)
  • Chimaera panthera , 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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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