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Chimaera (ghost sharks)

Synonyms: Chimaeridae; Chimaira; Chimera (pro parte); Chimoera; Chymera

Wikipedia Abstract

Chimaeras are cartilaginous fishes in the order Chimaeriformes, known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with the rattails), spookfish (not to be confused with the true spookfish of the family Opisthoproctidae), or rabbit fish (not to be confused with the true rabbitfishes of the family Siganidae).
View Wikipedia Record: Chimaera

Species

Chimaera argiloba (Whitefin chimarea)
Chimaera australis
Chimaera bahamaensis (Bahamas ghost shark)
Chimaera buccanigella
Chimaera carophila (Brown chimaera)
Chimaera compacta
Chimaera cubana (Elephantfish)
Chimaera didierae (The Falkor chimaera)
Chimaera fulva (Southern chimaera)
Chimaera furcata
Chimaera jordani (Chimaera)
Chimaera lignaria (Giant chimaera)
Chimaera macrospina (Longspine chimaera)
Chimaera monstrosa (Chimaera) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Chimaera notafricana (Cape chimaera)
Chimaera obscura (Shortspine chimaera)
Chimaera opalescens (Opal chimaera)
Chimaera orientalis (Eastern Pacific black chimaera)
Chimaera owstoni (Chimaera)
Chimaera panthera (Leopard Chimaera)
Chimaera phantasma (Chimaera) (Vulnerable)
Chimaera pliocenica
Chimaera praecisa
Chimaera tropica
Chimaera venablesae
Chimaera willwatchi (Seafarer’s ghost shark)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0