Animalia > Chordata > Holocephali > Chimaeriformes > Rhinochimaeridae > Rhinochimaera > Rhinochimaera atlantica

Rhinochimaera atlantica (knife-nosed chimaera; Atlantic knife-nose chimaera; Knifenose chimaera; Spearnose chimaera; Straightnose rabbitfish)

Synonyms: Harriotta atlantica
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Wikipedia Abstract

The broadnose chimaera, knifenose chimaera, spearnose chimaera, or straightnose rabbitfish (Rhinochimaera atlantica) is a species of fish in the Rhinochimaeridae family found near Canada, Colombia, France, Gambia, Iceland, Mauritania, Mexico, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Suriname, and the United States. Its natural habitat is open seas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Rhinochimaera atlantica

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chimaerocestos prudhoei[1]
Glomericirrus macrouri[2]
Lecithocladium gulosum[2]
Opecoeloides vitellosus[2]

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♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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